Getting real with mum: grieving before dad died

Added 03/07/2024

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Getting real with mum: grieving before dad died | S2 07

Are you ever ready for someone to die? Rosie returns to Grief in Common with her mum, Lisa, as they talk about the way Rosie’s dad’s terminal cancer diagnosis and death impacted their lives individually. In this episode, they explore their different grief journeys but also find plenty of common ground. The conversation covers how Lisa and husband John told Rosie and her two younger siblings about John’s diagnosis, coping with hospice care during COVID, and how photos and videos are extremely precious to them as a family.

Content warning: cancer, hospice care, miscarriage, death and dying.

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This episode was recorded over Zoom.

Written by Created by the Winston’s Wish Youth Team - Produced and Edited by Jess, Winston’s Wish

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