Guest Post: Megan part 2

In April I shared the first part of my sibling grief story about my brother Brian.  April is Organ and Tissue Donation Month and that is a huge piece of my grief puzzle.  To read more about Brian’s story and his gift of life, read Part 1 of my story.  Part 1 includes me sharing my sibling grief story - both at the time of Brian’s death and in the present - as well as how I continue to honor Brian’s life and memory.

Part 2:

Brian’s Death Forever Changed Our Family

At the time of Brian’s death my parents had a happy marriage.  Brian was 25, I was 22, and Shannon was 20.  We all went to the University of Iowa. 

Ted Talks on Grief

My mom is a bereaved parent(my sister) and has lost a sibling(her brother) as well as many other loved ones.  I hope she writes something for this blog in the future.  She posts lots of great things on Facebook and today she posted this Ted Talk from David Kessler on Grief.  It debunks the language of  some of the myths and misconceptions about Elisabeth Kubler-Ross' five stages of grief. This is part of a series on grief, which discusses how to find meaning and acknowledge that we don’t "move on" or "get over a loss" but rather learn to live with it. If you have time, I think you'll find these helpful. On the side of the Ted Talks webpage are other Ted Talks on Grief as well if you wish to find even more.

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Here are the Ted Talk links:

1) David Kessler: Finding Meaning after Loss

2) We don't move on, we move forward from Grief:  

3) How to support yourself and others in grief.