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Changing Family Dynamics: Planning for Mother's Day, Father's Day, and more

$5.00

Grief and sadness are often expected when a loved one dies. However, many people do not expect additional impacts, such as changes within family dynamics. Holidays that celebrate traditional family dynamics like Mother’s Day and Father’s Day may take on new meaning. This can be further complicated when our loved one dies from substance use related causes. Whether a child, sibling, parent, or partner dies, our lives, and oftentimes the dynamics we have been accustomed to, forever change.

In this workshop we discuss the impact of these changed dynamics on family-focused holidays: Mother’s Day in May and Father’s Day in June, recognizing the multitude of emotions that these occasions may evoke and the love that we still share.  

This workshop invites and welcomes anyone, regardless of relationship to your loved one. Through discussion, reflection, shared stories, and suggestions of how one can approach these days, we help one another understand how to navigate milestones (beyond Mother’s Day and Father’s Day) without the physical presence of a cherished family member. 


Grief and sadness are often expected when a loved one dies. However, many people do not expect additional impacts, such as changes within family dynamics. Holidays that celebrate traditional family dynamics like Mother’s Day and Father’s Day may take on new meaning. This can be further complicated when our loved one dies from substance use related causes. Whether a child, sibling, parent, or partner dies, our lives, and oftentimes the dynamics we have been accustomed to, forever change.

In this workshop we discuss the impact of these changed dynamics on family-focused holidays: Mother’s Day in May and Father’s Day in June, recognizing the multitude of emotions that these occasions may evoke and the love that we still share.  

This workshop invites and welcomes anyone, regardless of relationship to your loved one. Through discussion, reflection, shared stories, and suggestions of how one can approach these days, we help one another understand how to navigate milestones (beyond Mother’s Day and Father’s Day) without the physical presence of a cherished family member.