June 2, 2012
Susan Whitmore – All-day Workshop Roswell Park Cancer Institute – Buffalo, NY – June 2012
August 1, 2012
Susan Whitmore – Educational Event Companion Hospice Center – Pasadena, CA – August 2012
October 19, 2020
Talk to me, my precious child
Speak to me in my heart,
Let me hear your kind, sweet voice
Full of love, though we’re apart
Touch my hand, my precious child
Even if just so brief
Speak to me in my heart,
Let me hear your kind, sweet voice
Full of love, though we’re apart
Touch my hand, my precious child
Even if just so brief
November 23, 2019
The day included a message from our founder and CEO, Susan Whitmore, who started by saying, “I want to talk to you about rabbits! Yes, rabbits! And not just any rabbits, but specifically New Zealand white male rabbits. You see, these rabbits develop heart disease much like humans if they eat a high-fat diet.”
April 18, 2024
It's been three months since the start of a devastating series of wildfires that raged through Los Angeles from Jan. 7 to Jan. 31. As victims pick up the pieces of their lives, a study published in Environmental Research: Health from the UC Davis School of Medicine offers insights into what victims may need in the short and long term.
March 8, 2018
Dr Jack Jordan Interviewed by Susan Whitmore Susan: You have co-authored three books on the subject of suicide: After Suicide Loss: Coping with Your Grief; Grief After Suicide: Understanding the Consequences and Caring for the Survivors; and the latest book coming this Fall, Devastating Losses: How Parents Cope With the Death of a Child to Suicide or Drugs. Why did you begin doing bereavement work in the first place? Dr. Jordon: I’ve been a grief counselor for most of my professional life and was then drawn to suicide survivors 15 years ago. I started as a family therapist and then got into grief and bereavement for several reasons. First, my father died of cancer when I was in my mid-20s, and that was a life changing experience. Also, when I was young, I thought of becoming a minister and was interested in spiritual issues. So that side of my personality was drawn to […]
September 20, 2022
We wrote the article below more than 15 years ago about how we dealt with the loss of our son Mitchell. The article is being shared again because it remains a very accurate reflection of our grief process for the first ten years. Since that time, we have continued to progress, and we are doing well. Wayne has joined Anne in co-facilitating child loss groups for griefHaven. It is a meaningful way for both of us to help grieving parents and honor Mitchell’s legacy
October 8, 2006
October 8, 2006 Tucson, Arizona Tu Nidito Conference Susan Whitmore will be speaking at the Tu Nidito Conference in Tucson, Arizona on October 8, 2006. For more details, please go to www.tunidito.org. Tu Nidito Children and Family Services is an organization that provides comprehensive, coordinated, child-centered support for children and families dealing with serious illness or the death of a loved one. Thousands of children and families have received services through Tu Nidito’s programs, and The Erika Whitmore Godwin Foundation and griefHaven are proud to be a part of the wonderful service provided by Tu Nudito.
July 12, 2016
May 27, 2020
Motions of grief are always there, and they can be activated by our own directed thought or by unconscious reactions to stimuli that I call ‘sense triggers’. Every one of our six senses can trigger thoughts of our children. To others I may appear normal and even be engaged in intent conversation, driving, walking, at work, at play, in line at the movies. I will carry on my normal routine day as best I can the rest of my life. I do my job and pay the bills. But underneath that ‘normal routine’ there are still receptors for hundreds of triggers
July 6, 2020
David’s birth was not guaranteed. Because my cervix was pre-cancerous, I was told by my doctor to get pregnant immediately. If the cancer spread, he’d remove my cervix and the baby, too, no matter how far along I was. David made it! My first-born child was full term and a wonder. By eighteen months he could read the alphabet and at two he was playing chess with my father, who called him “King David.” He was the happiest little guy, full of curiosity and bursting with love. David was so kind and gentle that I often said to my sister-in-law, “He’s too good to live.”
October 19, 2020
There is a special Angel in Heaven
that is a part of me.
It is not where I wanted him
but where God wanted him to be.
he was here but just a moment
like a night time shooting star.
that is a part of me.
It is not where I wanted him
but where God wanted him to be.
he was here but just a moment
like a night time shooting star.