“I was the bottom line. And I did a ton because that's how it works when you live with and love someone who's so ill. But I was supported. We were in it as a unit.”
This episode is part of a Breathing Wind miniseries titled Caregiving Journey, hosted by Breathing Wind founder and host, Sarah Davis.
Cheryl Jones prepared for 10 years for her first wife’s passing. She did this in a way that was true to her and true to how they chose to live. This prepared her to be able to support others. In this episode, Sarah talks with Cheryl about her caregiving journey, her different experiences with loss after her wife died and how her children dealt with the loss.
Cheryl Jones is a grief counselor, educator and the host of Good Grief, a podcast about transformation after loss. She is also the author of a novel, An Ocean Between Them. Cheryl’s work is informed by the ten years of her first wife’s life limiting illness. Expected to live six months to a year, she lived with cancer for almost a decade. In the losses Cheryl has experienced since then she has been grateful for what she learned about facing loss and finding greater meaning in her life as a result. Cheryl lives in Oakland with her second wife and is grateful for three children, 3 grandchildren and the wonder of living.
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Related resources:
Being with someone when they die (Dying Matters)
Bereavement During Childhood and Adolescence, Chapter 5, Bereavement: Reactions, Consequences, and Care, Institute of Medicine (US) Committee for the Study of Health Consequences of the Stress of Bereavement; Osterweis M, Solomon F, Green M, editors.
Be Honest And Concrete: Tips For Talking To Kids About Death (NPR piece on parenting)
Can you be stuck in grief? Psychology Today article by Kenneth J. Doka Ph.D.
Coping with Anticipatory Grief, article by Lynne Eldridge, MD
Shiva, Wikipedia article
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