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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…

Review: Coco

By: Bryna Talamantez October 27, 2019October 3, 2019

Uncategorizedday of the dead, dead, family, grief, holidays, honor, marigold, memories, memory, movie, sad, spiritLeave a Comment

This blog post contains spoilers about the movie “Coco”. If you haven’t watched it yet, I would suggest reading this after you have! Covered in Marigolds, bright colors, spirit guides, and family, this film is a great way to educate as well as entertain all ages. This sweet story tells us about Día de Muertos,…

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.…

4th Day of Fourth Grade

By: Bryna Talamantez August 8, 2019August 8, 2019

UncategorizedAnger, child grief, death, Emotions, family, father, grief, memories, Mental Health, Mother, sad, sadness2 Comments

In August 2000, I went back to school on August 4th. It was a Thursday and my dad had been in the hospital for almost 10 months straight. At this point, he had suffered from two heart attacks and multiple organs had started to fail. My mom and I were guessing his time left on…