bereavement Archives - Virginia A. Simpson

19 Nov, 2021

A Grieving Daughter’s Reflections on the 60th Anniversary of Her Dad’s Death

Virginia Admin2022-06-11T10:25:05-07:00Nov 19th, 2021|Categories: Childhood Grief, Grief|Tags: #EarlyLoss, #FatherlessDaughter, #Grief Matters, #GriefAndLoss, #GriefAwareness, #GriefIsAJourney, #GriefIsReal, #GriefProcess, abuse, bereavement, bullies, bullying, childhood loss, Cuban missile crisis, death, fatherless daughter, grief, grieving, grieving children, John F. Kennedy assassination, loss, magical thinking, mourning, Music, sibling abuse, Sudden death, teachers, The Mourning Star Center|

“The day your father died was the worst day of my life.” “It wasn’t so good for me either,” I replied, a tinge of sarcasm coating my flat tone. [...]

18 Feb, 2019

What Grieving People Want You To Know

Virginia Admin2019-02-17T11:02:44-08:00Feb 18th, 2019|Categories: Grief|Tags: bereavement, caring, compassion, friendship, grief, grieving people, helping, listening, loneliness, loss, Love, understanding|

Through my work and the privilege of listening to so many stories, I have come to wonder where people get their ideas about how another person is supposed to [...]