Grief Changes Over Time
"When she was alive, we invited people in. We are learning how to help people connect with us again."
Bereaved parents talk about how when their daughter was alive, their home was warm and they actively invited people in to share the good times, to share in her life; and now that she is gone, they are figuring out how to reach out to invite people in again. They talk about their evolution in understanding their friends’ reactions since their daughter died. “The hard thing about bereavement is that you have to help others figure out how to be with you.”
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A bereaved mom: “I battled with guilt for a long time. Did we do her a disservice by keeping her on this earth for 5 months? I am learning to relinquish that because we had no clue.”
Ways we continue our bonds with our child and how they shift over time
We are learning to be patient, rebuilding slowly.
Parenting a Medically Complex Child: Grieving Before & After (bereavement)
"When she was alive, we invited people in. We are learning how to help people connect with us again."
How I've been processing my grief.
Grief is a normal process but it can get complicated.
Processing grief happens in lots of different ways.
An on-going, never-ending state of being.
I love looking at his things.
My grief has changed over the years but it still gets me at random times.
"I find her in things. Sometimes it hits out of the blue."
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