dealing with death anniversaries Tag

28 Oct 17 Years Without My Sister: Dealing with Death Anniversaries & Grief

Posted at 23:00h in Grief/Loss, Sibling Loss by Dr. Christina Hibbert 2 Comments

"It’s just a day"--my sister's 17th death anniversary. I can tell myself over and over, and my mind can almost believe it. But my body says differently: It’s not “just a day"...

16 Apr Grief &Loss: Dealing with Death Anniversaries, Birthdays, Holidays

Posted at 18:32h in Dealing With Grief by Dr. Christina Hibbert 14 Comments

Birthdays and death anniversary days have been on my mind. Monday was my sister, Shannon’s, birthday. She would have been thirty-nine. Thirty-nine! It’s hard to imagine. She’s forever frozen in my memory at thirty-one. My youngest sister, Miki, who died twenty-two years ago, is forever frozen...