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When Hello Means Goodbye
By: Tracy Gilmour-Nimoy, M.S., LMFT, PMH-C Over the edge of an exam table, my feet anxiously dangle; I can hear the sound from the crinkling paper as I nervously shift, my eyes desperately locked with my husband’s. A week of multiple diagnostics and appointments has led us here—in a doctor’s office three hours from home,…
Read MoreBaggage Claim
Coping with grief through a pandemic, finding strength and support during a time of social distancing.
Read MoreGrief is Uniquely Yours
By: Michelle L. Cramer My friend Tishia was pregnant with triplets, Paul, Kyle, and William. Unfortunately, Paul passed away in the womb while Kyle and William were carried to term. Tishia is also deaf, so most of her adult interaction is through written communication. After losing Paul, she sought support through groups on Facebook specifically…
Read MoreGrief
By: Amy Lied Grief is now a lifelong companion for me. Over the course of the four years that I have been living with grief, it has evolved. Now, I can breathe easier, the grief more in the background with the occasional really heavy day. During those initial days after the loss of my son,…
Read MoreHelping Others Help You Through Loss
By: Molly Hickey Sipping coffee and sitting across from a long time friend, we talked about the weather, her kids, our jobs, and husbands. With each break in the conversation, I hoped she would ask about Joseph and Grace. I hoped she’d ask about how I am navigating the grieving process, ask how it felt to be back at work when I was…
Read MoreThe Gift of Perspective
By: Sharon Schumack I recently read a magazine article about aging constructively that asked its readers the following questions: What were some of the most challenging experiences in your life? How did you get through them? What pushed you forward? I didn’t have to think very hard. The answers popped into my head immediately. The…
Read MoreFacing Grief Together
By: Ann-Marie Ferry In the days following Kuyper’s stillbirth I grieved visibly through tears and sobs. My husband, Jon, remained stoic, emotionally detached from the reality which we faced. We went on this way for several weeks following delivery. After a long day at work, he walked through our front door, outraged, talking about a…
Read MoreLined Pathways: how we found our way through the grief of recurrent miscarriage
By: Autumn Purdy “No matter what, you and I are a family,” said my husband, Matt after we suffered another miscarriage. An addendum to our marriage vows, my husband’s promise would bind us together for years to come and gave me hope not all would be lost, and perhaps, we would survive the devastation together.…
Read MoreFaith in Fearful Times
By: Kayla Leibner In any given situation, moving forward can be a difficult task as everyday life presents us with struggles that have the potential to make us or break us – or both. However, as bereaved parents, we’ve all been faced with the most difficult and painful of struggles. These sufferings likewise have the…
Read MoreFor Harmony
By: Rachel Helden This is my first time writing to you since you left this world only a few short weeks ago. How can it be? The excitement so fresh before me, before us, and now you are gone. Really gone. I spent days convincing myself that surely what doctors told us had happened to…
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