Anticipatory Grief
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We’re talking about the losses along the way
I was drowning in grief but trying to avoid it.
We all had imaginations about what it would mean to be an aunt and uncle; when we learned her diagnosis, it was a clarification of priority.
A social worker - It is important to name the emotions as grief.
Writing as healing, during her life and in bereavement: “It forced us to be with our Grief … And now it’s a portal to her.”
In the Room: Processing Anticipatory Grief and Reframing Hopes and Expectations
The early months post-diagnosis: grief, therapy, identity
It’s important to remind ourselves we’ve come a long way; we’ve gotten stronger.
Going from palliative care nurse to palliative mom: A new appreciation for grief and caregiver needs.
Archived In the Zoom Room: Grief as a Superpower - A conversation with mom and author Maria Kefalas
Delivering the diagnosis to her mother: “I wanted to control the blast because I was the epicenter.”
Mom to Grandma “I remember us talking about how you were stronger than I was giving you credit for.”
A mom on how having two healthy older children helped her get through.
Beginning parenthood in the NICU: There wasn’t enough support for us.
Some people want to look, some people don't
Parenting a Medically Complex Child: Grieving Before & After (bereavement)
A conversation about Anticipatory Grief
A mom: “No matter how blindsided you feel, you will get through it. You are strong enough.”
With the diagnosis comes the need to DO SOMETHING! (CLN2 / Batten)
Anticipatory Grief Part 2: A conversation between 2 moms
Parenting a Medically Complex Child: Finding support from bereaved parents.
I wanted Stuart to stand on the cliff with me and he had a different strategy.
Choosing Resiliency in the Face of Adversity: Blyth Lord, Sheryl Sandberg and Becky Benson
Your day-to-day life can be a happy place even though your child is going to die.
I was scared of losing him. I was scared of him not have a quality of life.
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- The Lost Shoe
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- The Strength in Staying
- Getting beyond “Why me?”
- Super-powered Grief
- Creating a Kinship with Grief: Meet One of CPN's New Bloggers in Residence
- The Boy Next Door Outside My Window
- Anticipatory Grief: The time I had to prepare for her death provided an invaluable cushion to catch my fall .
- Giving Language to An Unarticulated Need
- Section on Hospice and Palliative Medicine - July 2017
- Mother's Day Present to Myself
- To worry, or not to worry, that is no longer the question.
- Back-to-School = Another Milestone Missed
- The Better the Before, the Better the After