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Grief Under Lockdown: Letters Of A Loss Mom From Europe

March 20, 2020 By Katja Faber

Days 4 & 5 The reality of what’s happened is beginning to sink in. The European Parliament will close the EU Schengen border on Tuesday at midnight. At that point, 700 million people will be living in quarantine. In most countries, the military has been mobilized. Public life has shut down and it’s anyone’s guess […]

Grief In The Time Of COVID-19: One Loss Mom Wonders – Do You See What’s Coming?

March 18, 2020 By Katja Faber

Day 1 Fear is not productive – that’s my mantra for the day. For as I write, I sit on a plane wearing a mask, glasses, and gloves, flying into the eye of the storm. The WHO has declared Europe the center of the Covid-19 pandemic, and it doesn’t get more central than Zurich, which […]

The Lives Left Behind: How Do We Pack Up Our Child’s Belongings?

March 12, 2020 By Katja Faber

Our child’s belongings feel sacred. Letting go of them is unbearably painful. Instead, we become guardians of their possessions. We look after them as if our lives depended on it. But what happens when we have no option but to downsize? Or circumstances dictate that we must get rid of what’s been left? What then? […]

The Grief Fog That Comes With Loss

February 5, 2020 By Katja Faber

“How could you forget?” he asks, looking at me incredulously. “Really? Again?” He’s right. How could I forget? But then, these days, I forget a lot of things. “I’m sorry,” I say. His irritation hurts me, as does my own frustration at not remembering the simplest of things. I seem to live in a perpetual […]

Grief In The Age Of Despair

January 31, 2020 By Katja Faber

We’ve entered 2020. Once again I feel acute grief as a new year starts and I face yet another 12 months without my child. Add to that, my son Alex was murdered on 30th December, so it’s always tough as we move into January. But these days, it’s not only his death that drags me […]

Sorrow Dance

January 16, 2020 By Katja Faber

You live in spaces between our words And in the corners where the light, Surprised, Falls quietly against the floor.   In a green or blue or muted brown, The brightest orange And blackest gown.   In darkness and bright rays, Wisps of grass can hold your breath, A drop of rain your smile, The […]

Fighting So My Son’s Killer Doesn’t Go Free

December 10, 2019 By Katja Faber

At first, I didn’t understand. None of us did. We sat in a separate room near the main Court, watching the proceedings on a TV screen and looked at each other. Had we heard right? What was it the judge was saying? That my son’s killer was not guilty? I listened for a few minutes […]

How I Moved From Surviving The Loss Of My Child To Mindful Living

November 8, 2019 By Katja Faber

In the first years following the death of my son, I would talk about surviving the death of my child. I was learning to cope with daily life following the catastrophic loss and the use of the word ‘survive’ pretty much summed up my grey, anguished existence. I’d somehow managed — through agonizing pain and […]

‘People Do Care’: A Doctor Speaks On The National Day Of Remembrance For Murder Victims

September 25, 2019 By Katja Faber

Alongside the devastating realization that I’ll never hug my son Alex or hear his voice again is the execrable thought that he suffered in his last moments alive. The idea that my child was in pain and terrified as he died is a nightmare shared and revisited by parents and loved ones of homicide victims […]

A Conflict Of Interests: An Open Letter To Dr. Pies

August 29, 2019 By Katja Faber

Dear Dr. Pies, Whilst I appreciate your courteous reply to my article “I’m Not Sick, I’m Grieving — The Day Grief Was Medicalized” published August 22nd, 2019, I do take issue with a number of the points you make. I also note, without meaning to sound churlish, that you failed to apologize for your “very […]

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