teachers Archives - Virginia A. Simpson

15 Mar, 2023

A Little Life Review

Virginia Admin2023-03-15T11:23:24-07:00Mar 15th, 2023|Categories: Life Lessons, Uncategorized|Tags: alcoholism, childhood, death, dissociation, fatherless daughter, Friends, grief, healing, physical abuse, relationships, sexual abuse, Substack, Substack Musings From the Other Side of Young, teachers, trauma, verbal abuse|

For most of my life, if you asked, I would tell you I had a wonderful childhood. And I did. But that’s not the entire story. Although I knew [...]

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. [...]