Tips for supporting your parent in the loss of a spouse 9 Articles

by Ruth Marszowski

My father passed away from heart disease in October of 2007. He had been sick for some time but a pending heart transplant surgery gave us all hope, and his death at the age of fifty-five was shocking. I was just twenty-...read more

by Pat Merewether

My Mom died of brain cancer shortly before my parent's fifty-fifth anniversary. Dad spent nearly every moment with her after her diagnosis right to the morning she passed away. So, how on earth were my sister and I suppo...read more

by Roberta Velyn

Dad passed away in the fall, just a few days after suffering what the doctors called a catastrophic stroke. He was unconscious from the time of the stroke until he took his last breath in hospital the day after we agreed t...read more

by Holle Abee

My wonderful parents were married for sixty years. At the age of eighty-five, Dad had Parkinson's, severe spinal arthritis and stenosis, and had suffered several small strokes. My brother and I both had full time jobs, so ...read more

by Rachel Depa

It was August of this past year when we lost our mother and my father lost his wife 4 days short of his 37th aniversary. Standing there in the hospital with him there was nothing we could say to make it better. Earlier t...read more

by Pat Stallings

TIPS FOR SUPPORTING YOUR PARENT IN THE LOSS OF A SPOUSE He softly caressed her hand and tears flowed from those pale blue eyes as the love of his life slipped into another world. It had been a long struggle with s...read more

by Vicki Phipps

When my dad's second wife died suddenly and too young, it seemed he gave up on love. After he and my mom got divorced, Patricia became the new love of his life that he thought he'd never find, so when she died, I suppose ...read more

by Bobby Coles

By having children, parents are laying the foundation and groundwork of a family. This foundation needs to be stable and strong in order to support the top of the structure, which may grow heavy or burdensome. When an un...read more

by Sienna Kristof

When I saw this title I just knew I had to write about my experiences with this topic. I have been supporting my mother and my mother-in-law in very different ways as they work through (or refuse to work through) their gri...read more