Read more: My Daughter Died, But I’m Still Mothering Her [Longreads]

Anticipatory grief is defined as ‘the normal mourning that occurs when a patient or family is expecting a death.’ As if there was anything normal about preparing to mourn my child’s death. A harrowing but incredible longread for your weekend as Jacqueline Dooley recalls going from being a mother of the child to never being the mother of the adult. Read more… Continue reading Read more: My Daughter Died, But I’m Still Mothering Her [Longreads]

When should you talk about death with young children?

At what age is it appropriate to talk about death with young children? I’m not talking specifically about the death of someone close, but death in general. Our 4 year old’s experience of death so far is limited to her Nanny’s dog, and to a Great Grandma she never met, so it seems quite an abstract understanding of death so far, more of absence. So … Continue reading When should you talk about death with young children?