Helping others understand the grief of a parent after child loss can feel exhausting, especially when we struggle to explain what we are carrying ourselves. In this episode, bereaved mom and podcast host, Laura Diehl, shares why child loss brings an ongoing chain of losses that reaches into our relationships, identity, and the future we imagined. She also talks about why appearing okay does not mean our grief is over, and how much it matters to have people who listen, remember our child, and continue walking beside us.
Drawing from the second edition of Come Grieve Through Our Eyes: How to Support a Bereaved Parent After Child Loss, Laura offers gentle encouragement for pareavors and practical insight for family members, friends, and church communities. This conversation explores how to support a bereaved parent without rushing their grief, how to hold hope when they cannot see it themselves, and how to love the person they are becoming. If you have wished someone could better understand your grief, this episode may help put words to what has been difficult to explain.
This episode is being sponsored by Mica Peterson, in memory of their son, Pike.
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Find out more about The GPS Hope Grief Cruise in October, 2027.
Free printable guide: Rebuilding Your Life: A Gentle Guide Toward Hope and Healing After Child Loss.
Birthdays:
We lovingly remember and celebrate the lives of:
Pike Petersen was born on October 13 and is forever 14.
Mitchell Ang was born on October 17 and is forever 17.
Visit gpshope.org/birthdays to submit your child’s name and date so we can honor them, too.
The special song written for our children’s birthdays I Remember Well can be heard here.
Remember to Hold On Pain Eases; there is HOPE!
To have Laura come and minister at your event, contact us at office@gpshope.org.
Grieving Parents Sharing Hope (GPS Hope) is here to walk with parents through the darkness of child-loss, guiding them to a place of hope, light and purpose.
It is a safe place for anyone who has lost a child from this earth. There is no shame or judgment in where you are in this journey, including if you are struggling in your relationship with God or your faith has been completely shattered.
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