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Task Two: Work Through the Pain

By: Bryna Talamantez February 16, 2020February 15, 2020

Uncategorizedchild grief, death, family, grief, Loss, memory, music, pain, resources, sadLeave a Comment

Last week, I started a series in which we are discussing Worden’s Four Tasks of Mourning. If you haven’t read last week’s post, I would encourage you to do so to be able to have a better understanding of the tasks. This week we are continuing this series by talking about Worden’s second task of…

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…

Another Celebrity Gone

By: Bryna Talamantez January 27, 2020January 27, 2020

Uncategorizedbasketball, bryant, celebrity death, child grief, death, grief, inspiration, kobe, Loss, mambaLeave a Comment

“This is the moment I accept the most challenging times will always be behind me and in front of me.”- Kobe Bryant Today we are all still in shock and full of sadness. Yesterday, the world experienced the loss of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, a Gianna’s teammate Alyssa and her parents John and…

My Grand Baby Grand

By: Bryna Talamantez October 2, 2019

Uncategorizedchild grief, death, Emotions, family, grief, holidays, home, Identity, memories, Mental Health, Mother, music, pianoLeave a Comment

“My mother bought it secondhand from a silent movie star It was out of tune but still I learned to play And with each note we both would smile forgetting who we are And all the pain would simply fly away” Well, my mother did not buy our piano second hand. In fact, it was…

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.…