Susan C. Shaw | Child Loss & Grief Support

Today is National Grief Awareness Day. 💚 Grief touches every family, yet so many walk this path without the…

Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d become a grief “expert.” Or maybe I should say, never in my…

A few weeks ago, our family’s story was featured in People Magazine. It tells the story of William. Of the…

I’ve been on the receiving end of a lot of support since William died. Some of it I will remember for the…

The best gift anyone gave us after William died wasn’t flowers. It wasn’t food. It wasn’t something anyone…

Grief, I have some notes. Because apparently, even after all these years, grief is still finding brand-new…

One of the biggest things I’ve learned from parenting a bereaved child is this: I cannot fix his pain. I…

This smile. There was a time when I wondered what William’s death would do to Kai’s life. How could it not…

What happens when grief becomes something you build with? I sat down with fellow bereaved mom Jennifer Levi…

I am building a beautiful life. I just wish he were here to see it. This is one of the strangest parts of…

If you zoomed in to read this, you already did something grief asks of us: You looked closer instead of…

Why are YOU uncomfortable? I’m the one whose kid died. I’m the one who has to live without him. I’m the one…

I’m still reeling from this. To have my volunteerism recognized by the New England Patriots Foundation…

If you’re a bereaved parent, you know. You say their name. You tell a funny story. You answer the “How many…

Gratitude and love. Nothing but gratitude and love. Thanks to @bereavementmom and her boy Kai for being in…

I wish more people would try, just for a moment, to imagine what it would feel like to lose the most…

I truly did not see this coming. And apparently, my face made that VERY clear. I love this reel because it…

Nobody warned me that grief could look like jealousy. Not jealousy of someone’s success or their beautiful…

Good news! Apparently there’s a point when you’re supposed to be done grieving your child. No one tells you…

I couldn’t throw them away. After William died, we received hundreds of cards. Some were simple. Some were…

Have you ever felt truly seen in your grief? Not comforted. Not fixed. Not encouraged to move forward. Just…

How do you paint grief? How do you take the worst moment of someone’s life and turn it into something…

Our house used to be so loud. Two young boys running through it. Screaming. Fighting. Laughing. Wrestling.…

Back to School Night. First grade edition. Sitting in Mrs. Hunt’s classroom, making small talk with parents…