Handling the loss of a parent
Posted By James on July 29, 2009
My dad died last week. It was a great loss for me, as I had lost my mom 6 years ago.
He was in declining health, but not life threatening. But he had a sudden aneurysm in his stomach, and was gone in less than 2 hours from being taken to the hospital.
My dad was a Christian and ready to go. We sang gospel music for over 45 years and me, my wife and children will carry on with that ministry.
The emotion that surprises me the most from the loss of my dad, is I feel alone because I have lost both my parents! Even though I have a wonderful wife and 3 great children, I feel like since I am the head of the Einert family now, that I am alone at the top, having to steer the ship all by myself.
Now I know this is not really the truth, but as long as I had a parent or grandparent alive, I always had someone above me to go to and ask advice. I have talked with others that have lost both parents and they agreed that they had the same feeling.
I have been studying grief recovery for children lately, and just know that young children who lose both of their parents must totally feel lost in the world. Can you imagine being a young child and having to go through the loss of both parents. Not knowing who to turn to, and not knowing who will take care of your needs, or whom you can confide in.
I am working on a DVD to help young children cope with death, pray I do a good job on this so it will be helpful to the children who view it.
I also have a new CD out to help people who are trying to cope with loss. It is called “Help for the Grieving Heart” by James Einert ND, CH and it is available at Amazon.com click here. It is a relaxing hypnotic program that will help you remember the good times and focus less on the loss and bad times. Hope you check it out. If you buy it, go back and give me a review on Amazon. I would appreciate it.
That’s my thoughts for now, until next time, God Bless!
James Einert, ND, CH
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I do agree that each person has to take their own path to grief recovery. The best thing is to go through grief and not get stuck in grief. Whatever it takes to get through grief is worth doing. Some need to go visit a grave, some need to have a special place in the house for memories of the loved one, some just need to have moments of crying to let it all go, some need all this an more. The important thing is to not get stuck in grief and let your life come to a stop, always move forward in your grief recovery. You will never forget your loved one, and you will have triggers bring back the loss and grief, but with time you can move on with your life and function “normally” in the world.