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You Should Be 70

By: Bryna Talamantez December 28, 2020December 28, 2020

UncategorizedAdolescent grief, bereavement, birthday, child grief, College grief, grief, grief and loss, grief journey, grief story, holiday grief, LossLeave a Comment

You should be turning 70 today. This year my phrase isn’t “You WOULD be 70 today if you were here.” Nope. Today my sentiment is “You SHOULD be 70 today”. With so many of our family members making it to this milestone, you should have too. Today I’m upset you’re not here. Today as I…

Task Three: Adjusting

By: Bryna Talamantez February 23, 2020July 3, 2020

Uncategorizedadjustment, anxiety, bereavement, Emotions, family, grief, Life, routine, StressLeave a Comment

We have reached week three of our series on Worden’s Four Tasks of Mourning. This week we are talking about the third task which is to adjust to an environment where the deceased is missing. This task focuses on working on finding a new normal without our loved one with us. If you have not…

The First Tasks: Acceptance

By: Bryna Talamantez February 9, 2020February 8, 2020

Uncategorizedbereavement, child grief, death, Emotions, family, grief, Loss, Mental Health, sad2 Comments

There are many approaches that people have created to illustrate how people process grief. Some talk about stages, some talk about steps, and one talks about tasks. William Worden provides for us four tasks of grief in order to achieve equilibrium in our life again. These four tasks can be completed in the order the…

Back to School: A Guardian’s Guide to Helping a Grieving Child

By: Bryna Talamantez August 14, 2019

UncategorizedAnger, anxiety, bereavement, Child, child grief, family, grief, Mental Health, sad, school, StressLeave a Comment

As I discussed in my last blog post, my dad died on the fourth day of fourth grade. I took days four through nine off from school and Monday I was expected to go back. “What? My dad just died. I’m not leaving my mom for 7 hours a day to just go to school.…

“Tidying Up” Your Grief

By: Bryna Talamantez June 30, 2019June 30, 2019

Uncategorizedbalance, bereavement, death, family, grief, home, Loss, Mental Health, resolutions, resourcesLeave a Comment

Marie Kondo has been one of the most influential people in our society in the past several years. Not only does she have a book, but now she has a Netflix series that many have loved watching as they make their mountain of clothes and start to see whether their items spark joy or if…