Dina the Doula

LV weaving Dad's willow coffin.

Different colours of British grown willow. Natural browns, reds and greens.

A close up of the bottom third of Dad's willow coffin. Greens, yellows and browns visible.

Dad's (empty) 6ft willow coffin filling my red Nissan Juke car. I drove it to his house from the artist's studio.

Our dad commissioned a local artist to weave his coffin before he died. The artist invited us to her studio to take part in the weaving as a family. It didn't feel morbid. It made his dying feel more familiar. I collected Dad's coffin. Dad sat with it & said it was a thing of beauty.

>KV

#deathsky

03.02.2025 21:02 — 👍 13    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Her energy, love, and silliness have been such a balm for my broken heart. It gives us the ability to talk about BeBe and remember the joy. We are able point out the ways they are similar and so very different and smile about it. How long after your pet loss were you ready for another pet?

20.12.2024 02:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Pet loss can be so hard. Some people need time to grieve before they can bring another pet into their lives. When I lost my boxer, BeBe, it was only a month before I knew that I needed another pup. It was still many months before we found our Octavia.

20.12.2024 02:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Walking with Grief During Joy Loss, the feelings of loss, are not linear. They do not start big and overwhelming and then taper off into nothingness over time.Loss is a heartbeat or the waves of the oceans. It comes and goes. Some...

Have you ever noticed that grief shows up even during the most joyful moments? How do you experience that? How do you honor the grief and the joy?

25.11.2024 20:26 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I do that! If I'm excited and not trying-not-to-faint-or-throw-up, it's so much easier to get in front of a crowd. It's not vomit, it's passion.

18.11.2024 04:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0