Reflections: Healing after the death of a parent 24 Articles

by Belinda Beasley

The years before my dad's death were painful ones. Those years were full of stress filled days and nights. My parents had moved to the state where my husband and I were living at the time, in order to be closer to us in ...read more

by Keith Young

Hi my name is keith young and i know what you are going through with the process of dealing with the loss of a loved one.Im gonna try to help you and im gonna give you my story on one of my parents dying. Trust me its hard...read more

by Dena Thomas

In three days my father will have been dead for four months. His was not my first experience with death, that was my grandfather. Not long after my grandfather's death I lost all of my remaining grandparents, several aun...read more

by Pearl Angel

Four years ago, in the month of June my very best friend passed away. It was my mother. To me, she was the only one who knew what to give me and how it would better whatever situation I was in. I loved my mother so dearly ...read more

by Marcia Studley

Death is a harsh word. It's the end, a word meaning 'no more'. It scares us. It frightens us. It brings up things we don't understand. Questions, and more questions. For those with a faith in religious or s...read more

by Morton Laitner

My office phone rang six times before I picked up the receiver. I heard my mother's familiar voice. Something was wrong. Her words trembled, "Son, I got my test results. My doctor said I have pancreatic cancer!" My heart ...read more

by Farah Mohamoud

Death is the one thing that everyone is certain about. From an early age we have an idea of what it is. No matter our sex, race or age, we are all aware of it. Yet we continue our lives with no worries. We forget that dea...read more

by Alison Bowler

People asked why we didn't go to grief counselling after the death of my mother. Well my mother gave us all the help we needed before her death. Mum had been feeling the pain in her back for over a year she had also los...read more

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by Amanda Rangel

Healing after the death of a parent shall never be an easy task. Whether it be your mother or father, your heart will never be the same. Although life may seem unfair at times... you have to force yourself to let go. It is...read more

by Caroline Walker

Three years ago at the age of thirty two, I became an adult.I didn't get married or have a child or any of the so-called grown up things I would have associated with adulthood. I had achieved those.My adulthood began when ...read more

by Tharian Mathew

Writing this is cathartic, a release of all that I felt when my father on November 2, 2007. He had been a big man to me. Only five feet eight inches, he was a man who walked tall. The dean of a medical college in the south...read more

by Rosalie Pilone

My sister Beverly and I became very close when our mom became very sick. It was a joint decision to take mom to a nursing home for her own good. After she had knee surgery and came home she would not stand on the her legs...read more

by Nina Penny

My mother passed away on November 16, 2006. She was alone. I wrote this to her on November 25, 2006: I never meant to hurt you. Seriously. Even when I said "I hate you, you ruined my life!" I swear it was out of love....read more

by Bridgette Warren

I miss my dad a lot. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to have a conversation with him now. Would we fight or would we be friends? We are so much a like that we butt heads all the time would my new understandings ha...read more

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by Jasmin Nanda

MY TRIP TO HARIDWAR The opportunity to visit Haridwar came this month as my dear dad passed away.We left by train with the bag of ashes of our dad to be immersed in The Ganges there. Haridwar has changed a lot.I rem...read more

by Mary Gillmon

I'm a grown woman. I'm almost 39 years old, for goodness sake. However, ever since my father died I have had frequent bouts of 6-year-old-ism. Really, I can see myself revert to my braided, skinned-knee self. I want to ...read more

by Kim Everett

Reflections: Healing after the death of a parent At 51 years of age, I find myself in that awful position of having lost both parents. It doesn't matter how old you are when your parents die. You still feel like an...read more

by Paula Adderley

The day my life changed was on the 31st July 2005. To understand the enormity of such a day we need to look to the weeks that lead up to that clear bright sunny Sunday. For me the clouds had already come over. June, my Nan...read more

by Kate Gowers

My father died of lung cancer in 1996 - I still miss him, every day. Still, life goes on, and many situations, including loss, have their more surreal, if not funny side. You see, my father asked to be cremated, and hav...read more

by Denny Robbins

The process of grieving can be a long one for some people and relatively short for others. Both of my parents passed at a young age by today's standards even though they died thirteen years apart. Memorial Day this year...read more