Suggestions for Grieving the Loss of a Parent

Suggestions for Grieving the Loss of a Parent

• Acknowledge the importance and power of this event
• Take time each day to honor your grief
• Embrace your spirituality
• Establish new family patterns and traditions
• Find a logical touchstone memento (a possession of the deceased to hold on to)
• Learn to parent yourself
• Recognize secondary losses
• Honor things that were important to your parent(s)
• Each year acknowledge the anniversary of the death of your mother and/or father
• Celebrate the changes and new perspectives