Stories of Grief & Joy

There is something extremely powerful about sharing our stories - especially our stories of grief, loss, and survival. Usually, these are the stories we hold close to our heart. The stories we choose to stay quiet about. The stories we most want to - need to - share, but don’t for fear of judgement, fear of hurt, or sometimes, fear of not being understood.

Let’s stop hiding behind our painful stories. Let’s start sharing our stories to connect. Let’s start sharing our stories to feel less alone on this planet. Let’s start sharing our stories to help each other out. Below are the personal stories of those who have been through it. From the loss of a parent, to death of a child, to a cancer diagnosis, and everything in between.

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Maxime Vossen

Maxime Vossen

Maxime Vossen was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer at age 28. She opens up about what it’s like to live with an incurable disease, as well as grieving the person she was and all the things she will never get to do.

Dana FrostSeptember 21, 2022terminal diagnosis, cancer, cancer patient, stage 4, bowel cancer, grief and loss, grief stories, cancer stories, terminal cancer stories, terminal cancerComment

Melissa Hammond

Melissa Hammond

Melissa Hammond talks about the loss of her brother, Skyler to Leukemia. After his death, she became the adoptive mother to his child. She opens up about both the grief and gratitude that follows her brother’s death.

Guest UserAugust 29, 2022cancer, cancer death, leukemia, AYA cancer, grief stories, grief support, death storiesComment

Adam Styles

Adam Styles

Adam styles shares about the loss of his mom after a sudden cancer diagnosis and how you continue to live and move forward after.

Dana FrostJuly 28, 2022Grief, loss, cancer, widow, cancer widow, bowel cancer Comments

Sarah Christie

Sarah Christie

Sarah Christie lost her husband, George to cancer. Here she opens up about her experience first as a caregiver, and then as a widow.

Dana FrostJuly 15, 2022Grief, loss, cancer, widow, cancer widow, young widow, cancer death Comments

Brittany Magnus

Brittany Magnus

Brittany Magnus talks about being a mom to one son with a high risk leukemia diagnosis, and a second son with a Crohn’s disease disease.

Dana FrostApril 6, 2022Grief, loss, cancer, pandemic grief, caregiving during the pandemic, childhood cancer, child with cancer, chron's disease, leukemiaComment

David Frost

David Frost

At 35 years old, David’s twin brother, Bradford Frost, was diagnosed with a rare form of kidney cancer. 100 days later, he was gone.

Dana FrostMarch 24, 2022twin, Grief, loss, cancer, kidney cancer Comment

Kelsey Braverman

Kelsey Braverman

Kelsey Braverman shares about the death of her husband, Ilya and what it was like to have a cancer diagnosis during covid.

Dana FrostFebruary 20, 2022Grief, loss, cancer, widow, cancer widow, bowel cancer, covid loss, covid death, pandemic grief, caregiving during the pandemicComment

Erin Browning

Erin Browning

Erin Browning shares about the sudden death of her partner to a heart attack.

Dana FrostJanuary 10, 2022Grief, loss, cancer, widow, cancer widow, bowel cancerComment

Alicia D'Aguiar

Alicia D'Aguiar

Alicia D'Aguiar shares about the loss of her mom, Sandy to ovarian cancer, after a previous diagnosis of lymphoma.

Dana FrostMay 5, 2021Grief, loss, cancer, widow, cancer widow, bowel cancer Comment

Lisa Moberly

Lisa Moberly

Lisa Moberly opens up about tragically losing her 7 year old daughter in a car accident and how she has continued to live her life in the aftermath.

Dana FrostFebruary 15, 2021Grief, loss, cancer, parent lossComment

Bay Nordstrom

Bay Nordstrom

Bay Nordstrom lost her dad to cancer and then shortly,, her mother-in-law. She opens up about how she coped during and after her losses.

Dana FrostOctober 29, 2020Grief, loss, cancer, parent loss Comment

Kaytee Fisher

Kaytee Fisher

Kaytee Fisher shares about the loss of her daughter after being diagnosed with the rare genetic disorder, Thanatophoric Dysplasia during pregnancy.

Dana FrostOctober 14, 2020Grief, loss, cancer, widow, cancer widow, bowel cancer Comment

Marbellys Bayne

Marbellys Bayne

Marbellys Bayne shares about the loss her husband to cancer as well as her own terminal diagnosis.

Dana FrostOctober 4, 2020Grief, loss, cancer, widow, cancer widow, bowel cancerComment

Jeremy Potter

Jeremy Potter

Jeremy Potter shares about the loss of his best friend, Brad Frost to Kidney Cancer, followed by the death of his mom, Holly Potter to Ovarian Cancer.

Dana FrostSeptember 9, 2020Grief, loss, cancer Comment

Anne S.

Anne S.

Anne S. talks about the loss of her husband, Mike, to cancer and life in the aftermath of his death.

Dana FrostAugust 10, 2020widow, Grief, loss, cancerComment

Melissa Smith

Melissa Smith

Melissa lost her mom to cancer and less than a year later, her dad to suicide. She talks about those two unimaginable losses and how she deals with her grief in the aftermath.

Dana FrostJuly 23, 2020caregiver, grief, loss, cancer, parent loss Comment

Kate Owens

Kate Owens

Kate Owens copes with the loss her mom, Patti Owens, to Esophageal cancer and her later diagnosis of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.

Dana FrostApril 7, 2020Grief, loss, parent loss, mom loss, cancer, EDS, chronic illnessComment