My introduction to Finn was through his mom Heidi’s post to a Facebook grief group we both belong to. Her words and Finn’s utterly beguiling smile compelled me to get to know this family better: “It’s been five weeks since my 14 year old transgender son Finn took his life. …
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I met Meghan through WinterSpring, she is a wonderful companion to other grieving parents. I am always struck by her vivacity, her stories about Henry are full of warmth and humor. She has clearly let grief do its work. What is the name of your child who died? His full …
Karin and I are currently facilitating a grief group together. Whenever Karin shares, I am struck by how open she is, and can tell she’s done a ton of work processing her experience—not that it’s ever done, but she seems to me a model of how to walk through this …
What is the name of your child who died? Clint Urban Later (aka CU Later, we had no idea the significance this would have when we named him). How did he die? Clint was diagnosed with Hepatoblastoma (liver cancer) on January 25, 2017. Chemotherapy was not his friend and wreaked …
I met Linda in a recent grief group. She’s clearly a helper and a deep thinker. I rarely interview parents whose loss is so recent, but her candid style and commitment to the process made me eager to sit down with her. I’m glad I did! What is the name …
Born and raised in Venezuela, Ruthie was my boys’ Spanish teacher during their middle school years. My older son and her stepson are very close friends. She’s a wonderful mom, neighbor, and active member of our community — a reminder that a death by suicide can happen in any family-she …
I’ve known Dot for almost two decades and cherish her as a friend and role model, but until this interview, I’d never heard her talk about her son’s death so intimately. The hour we spent together seemed unusually heavy (this was December, just after the election), and at the same …
Therese joined our parents group and quickly impressed me with her ability to be with intense content and emotions, bridging compassion with healthy detachment, which is not easy. It didn’t surprise me to find out she is a medical massage therapist with extensive training in trauma recovery. I know Wyatt …
I first met Adam not long after his son Eric died, when he was in a grief group I co-facilitated. Adam and I later became board members at WinterSpring, and continue to see each other fairly often at meetings and events. When he agreed to be interviewed for this series, …
Someone told me that grief requires being able to feel more than one thing at a time. I thought about that a lot hearing Ixchel’s striking story. Her son died in a war she didn’t believe in. She got the news while attending the birth of her grandchild. Talk about …