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Jennifer A. O'Brien

@hospicedoctorswidow

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Creator of @grieflandiaco
Advocate-family caregivers & end-of-life prep. Grief experienced. Solo ager.
Little Rock, AR & Santa Fe, NM USA

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From @grieflandiaco
Some days, sadness settles in and stays awhile.

Meet Dreary Dearie. She represents the sadness that can accompany grief, whether it comes and goes or seems to linger.

Dreary Dearie is a Griefy in Grieflandia.

Every grief experience is unique, dynamic, and unending.

#Grieflandia #Grief by @hospicedoctorswidow

@grieflandiaco thanks for this reminder. There are no maps in Grieflandia, there’s your way.
Every grief experience is unique, dynamic, and unending. #griefandloss #griefjourney #griefandgratitude by @hospicedoctorswidow

Good Morning 🌞
Big Dam Bridge
#BigOnLittleRock by @hospicedoctorswidow

On this day in 1983, three weeks post MVA, my parents had to decide to extubate my 13 yo brother, David Francis O’Brien. Still gets me.
♥️>💀 #loveisgreaterthandeath
#siblingloss #siblinglossawareness #solesurvivorsibling by @hospicedoctorswidow

📖A page from The Hospice Doctor’s Widow.

Talk about your end-of-life wishes with those you love well in advance of your death. It’s a gift. My late husband gave it to me and that preparation continues to serve me well ♥️emotionally,
🧠mentally,
and
💰financially.

#loveisgreaterthandeath
♥️>💀 by @hospicedoctorswidow

So excited to be moderating this session today at 5:30p at the main library as part of the @sixbridgesbookfestival in Little Rock, AR.
Join me and @daughtering101 and @jennie.case for an engaging conversation. This session will be beneficial for everyone, especially women. 📚 by @hospicedoctorswidow

David Francis O’Brien
1970-1983
43 years ago today this beautiful boy was in an accident that would result in his extubation/death three weeks later.

We didn’t know what to do with grief in 1983, especially sibling grief. I am so grateful for @drheidihorsley @anniesklaverorenstein @elizabethdevitaraeburn @foreverasibling @siblingsgrievetoo_ @sibling.grief @sibling.loss @survivingsiblingspodcast @gretchnevans @siblinggriefclub @lossofalifetime and the many others who provide space for survivor siblings.

Dave, I still miss you so. Every. Single. Day.

And I wonder who I would have become had you lived.

The season of major days has started for me. If you have major days coming up, I have a free download in my bio called A Griever’s Guide to the Major Days that might help.

#loveisgreaterthandeath ♥️>💀 by @hospicedoctorswidow

Hey DFFs,
Another wonderful novel that incorporates death and grief while managing to be authentic, delightful and humorous. CanNOT say enough
+++ about this book.

So refreshing to have insights about death and grief explored in fiction.

Thank you @sixbridgesbookfestival for introducing me to this brilliant work by @annie_hartnett

There are so many DFFs I think will enjoy this work of fiction including: @thedeathdeck @ahhsweetdeath @the.farewell.library @grief.dialogues @sirencove7 @gabrielle.elise.jimenez @your.palliative_pa @tgbeyond et al
♥️ all y’all by @hospicedoctorswidow

@therocktownsparks are on 🔥at @camp.taco with @jaxruhl by @hospicedoctorswidow

This is a page from The Hospice Doctor’s Widow: An Art Journal of Caregiving and Grief that I recently received some appreciation for from a caregiver-turned-griever reader.

He said he felt this way at times when he was caring for his wife. I know I felt this at times when I was caring for my late husband, Bob.

Both of our spouses had peaceful, dignified, painfree deaths. Still there were times of great frustration and some impatience.

There’s so much that goes into caregiving. Sending love and support to all the #familycaregivers

#caregiver #caregiversupport by @hospicedoctorswidow

Getting on the #AnticipatoryGrief trend with this page from my book The Hospice Doctor’s Widow: An Art Journal of Caregiving & Grief.

This 2nd edition of the book has a wonderful forward written by Pulitzer nominee @elizabethcoplan founder of @grief.dialogues

#griefandloss by @hospicedoctorswidow

Six scarf designs this year. 🧣 by @hospicedoctorswidow