"Everyone is so kind and understanding to listen. I never feel stupid asking questions about my husbands death." - Parent of enrolled child

• Take a memory walk along a familiar path you walked with the person who died. Remember things you did and talked about together.
• Remember angry words or a major conflict you had with the person who died. Write a letter to the person resolving the conflict. Or put an empty chair in front of you and imagine the person who died is sitting in that chair. Now speak frankly to him/her about the conflict you had.
• Make a memory box. Take a shoebox and decorate it inside and out any way you’d like. Inside the box place things that help you remember the person who died. Examples: pictures, shoestring, rock, favorite CD, etc.
• Create a cartoon strip describing a funny experience you had with the person who died.
• Cut out pictures from magazines and make a collage about your loved one.
• Create a newspaper page with headlines and stories about how you found out about the death of your loved one and how you felt.
• Write a poem about a favorite thing the person who died enjoyed doing.
• Start a journal to record your thoughts and feelings every day, using words and or drawings.
• Write a song about your loved one.
• Write a story about what’s happened in your life. It can be real or you can change the circumstances and outcomes to make them different.
• Kick a can. Find an empty pop can. Wear sneakers. Find a field or a safe place outdoors where you can be alone and kick the can as hard as you want, as far as you can, as many times as you choose. While your kicking it, feel the feelings and think the thoughts you have regarding the loss of the person who died.
• Choose words from the list below that describe how you feel right now. Write a journal entry, a poem, or song to describe the feelings you are now experiencing.