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Hi, I’m Ken Ross. Welcome to the Open to Hope Parent Loss resource page. My mother was Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, a seminal figure in the world of death and dying and the author of over 24 books. With her death in 2004, I not only lost my mother, but the world lost a great thinker and visionary. She will always be a part of who I am and I’m thankful for all that she instilled within me. The Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Foundation was established to share her teachings on compassionate care, and in that way, she continues to live on in all of us.
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AmyJo Mattheis; Loss of Identity | Open To Hope Radio
AmyJo Mattheis has walked with thousands through the grief of losing a loved one. With the recent death of her father, she has heard the numbing whisper insisting “he’ll come back.” A former pastor, AmyJo is university professor, writer, life Continue reading
Beth Marshall; A Time to Heal | Open To Hope Radio
Beth Marshall is an author and speaker who loves helping people find hope and healing through grief. Her journey began with the shocking death of her best friend, her mom. She is the author of A Time to Heal, a grief Journal created after Continue reading
Dr Leeat Granek-Coping With Grief | Open To Hope TV
Dr Leeat Granek talks about her work in grief after the death of her mother and shares the points she has learned on her emotional and academic journey to healing. Annual Association of Death Education and Counseling
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A Bike Ride With My Father: His Father’s Day Gift to Me | Post
Bicycle bicycle bicycle I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride my bike I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride it where I like From the Song: … Continue reading
Father’s Day Eve… | Post
Ok, so obviously this isn’t a real holiday, but it is to me. This made up holiday, is the day before my toughest day of the year, Father’s Day. It is the one day of the year where … Continue reading
The Shadow of My Father | Post
The following article was originally published by The Grief Toolbox (www.thegrieftoolbox.com) on November 21,2012. I received a strong nudge to repost this article about my father on this site on Father’s Day weekend. My dad was only a part of … Continue reading
My Father’s Legacy: Respect, Hard Work, Love of Country | Post
My father was an immigrant who came to the United States when he was 15 years old. As he did not speak a word of English, he joined the kindergarteners in learning the language. Each month, as his skills improved, … Continue reading
Remembering Our Legacy this Mother’s and Father’s Days | Post
She was an attractive woman with thick dark hair that started turning white in the middle of her life. She was the oldest of 3 children. Her mother was from Scotland and her father was from England. She loved to … Continue reading
When a Father Dies on Father’s Day | Post
My father died on Father’s Day 2007. He had been in apparent good health until the night he was admitted to the hospital. That day, he went through his usual routines-swam a mile at the Y, did some errands, sat … Continue reading
Father’s Day After Your Father Has Died | Post
By Neil Chethik – Father’s Day is just ahead, and for more than 100 million Americans whose fathers have died, it will be a day of missing Dad. What can these fatherless Americans do to make the holiday meaningful? For … Continue reading
Father’s Day: Not a Day, but a Legacy | Post
My children have passed over the dividing line. They have been alive more years now without their father than they were with him. My daughter Samantha was 12 years old when her father died and Rick was just 10. They … Continue reading
A Different (But Good) Father’s Day | Post
Father’s Day is the day that I least look forward to on the calendar. I know what you’re saying, “Come on Eric, Father’s Day is 4 months away.” Absolutely right, but bear with me. As all of … Continue reading
My mom, my whole life, going to die | Topic
I am sitting in the hospital with my mom right now. I was supposed to have my wedding today. And the main reason to have the wedding party was my mom because she aaaalways wanted to see me in a … Continue reading
A Father’s Love is Eternal | Post
When I was a child, I loved to spend time with my father. Being the youngest girl in a large family, I learned early in life that if I wanted his undivided attention, it was up to me to be … Continue reading
mom acting out | Topic
its been 6 yrs since dad died he was 81 mom decided to move from CA to Idaho to live with 2 sisters. progressively over the last 3 years mom has been reverting to some child like behaviors..some even nasty. … Continue reading
AmyJo Mattheis; Loss of Identity | Open To Hope Radio
AmyJo Mattheis has walked with thousands through the grief of losing a loved one. With the recent death of her father, she has heard the numbing whisper insisting “he’ll come back.” A former pastor, AmyJo is university professor, writer, life … Continue reading
How to Keep a Parent’s Memory Alive | Post
Losing a parent is never easy, no matter the circumstance or what segment of time in your life the loss occurred. The grief softens, but never leaves us. When holidays roll around, it is always a painful reminder of the … Continue reading
Going with the Flow | Post
We’re all familiar with the different stages or phases in life – childhood to youth, youth to adulthood, and so on. Those stages could never happen if there wasn’t change ~ every day. Like a flower unfolding, each stage has … Continue reading
Remarriage Surprise: A Mother-in-Law | Post
On February 19, 2006, when Allan proposed to me at Hoff Jewelers at a mall in Maplewood, Minnesota, for some odd reason it never dawned on me that I’d be inheriting a mother-in-law too. I was 59 and Allan 60—youngsters … Continue reading
My mother passed away about 5 years ago… .. .Lung cancer from smoking. | Topic
Didn’t she CARE? Didn’t she WANT to live? Her sister died of lung cancer from smoking when she was only 37. Didn’t that send a message to my mother to quit? I’m not mad at her, but I can’t ask … Continue reading
Washing the Bones: Grieving a Spouse-Loss | Post
When I was first widowed, my overriding thought was that I couldn’t survive it, and I did not wish to. But the thought that I couldn’t go on without him was simply not true: it felt true, but it wasn’t. … Continue reading
A letter to my late boyfriends son | Topic
Hi there, My boyfriend passed away very unexpectedly a little over a month ago. He was epileptic and had a seizure and didn’t make it through. His 9 year old son (lives with his mother) is being unbelievably strong, he … Continue reading
she is gone | Topic
Feel lost with no where to turn my mum passed away on 27th September 2012. Almost 6 months ago. She had been in ill health for a number of years and last summer was admitted to hospital with increased confusion … Continue reading
Death of My Mother | Topic
I am new to this website. I found it after cleaning my mother’s closet and being surprised at how this activity pulled me back into more grief than I had expected to feel. My mother was 83 – having had … Continue reading
My dad is killing himself without even realizing it | Topic
Right now is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to deal with. Ever. At first I thought I could be strong, I felt strong. I thought maybe there is something I can, one of these day’s I would just jump … Continue reading
Sorting Out Life: Remembering a Mother by Her Scent | Post
I sat on the dusty wide-planked floor of my attic and sorted through stored memories. I struggled with the final decisions of how much attraction, or need, that I truly held for each item. Dozens, sometimes hundreds, of decisions waited … Continue reading
The Eulogy as Love Letter | Post
When we think of the kindest things we can do for a parent whose time on earth is coming to an end, I wonder how many of people think of a love letter that will serve as the eulogy. It … Continue reading
Teen Questions Reaction to Her Parent’s Death | Post
Question from a reader: My dad died a little over two weeks ago. He was not sick. He was caught in an undercurrent and drowned. I did not witness it but I heard the stories and have been there enough … Continue reading