anniversaries Tag

18 Oct To All Who Fear They’ll Never Heal- On the 8th Anniversary of My Sister’s Death (A “Day of GratefulLovingJoy”)

Posted at 02:01h in Dealing With Grief by Dr. Christina Hibbert 0 Comments

Today, October 17th, is “Shannon day,” the day my sister died, eight years ago. When Shannon died, it was so unexpected, so traumatic, so tragic, so unbelievable, it sent my entire family reeling for years. Not only did we inherit our nephews and have a...

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

Posted at 18:32h in Dealing With Grief by Dr. Christina Hibbert 12 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...