Stories of Grief — Forced Joy Project

Lindsay Rodney

Lindsay Rodney became the caregiver to her husband after he was diagnosed with ALS. She shares about the experience of balancing the roles of mother, wife, and caregiver throughout her husband’s diagnosis.

Dana FrostAugust 12, 2022ALS, caregiver, grief, grief & loss, terminal diagnosis Comments

Adam Styles

Adam styles shares about the loss of his mom after a sudden cancer diagnosis and how you continue to live and move forward after.

Dana FrostJuly 28, 2022Grief, loss, cancer, widow, cancer widow, bowel cancer Comments

Sarah Christie

Sarah Christie lost her husband, George to cancer. Here she opens up about her experience first as a caregiver, and then as a widow.

Dana FrostJuly 15, 2022Grief, loss, cancer, widow, cancer widow, young widow, cancer death Comments

Melissa Abbott

Melissa Abbott shares about the sudden death of her husband, Dave to Covid. She opens up about widowhood and what it’s been like to grieve during a pandemic:

Dana FrostJuly 11, 2022Grief, loss, widow, covid death, covid lossComment

Danielle Gelineau

Danielle Gelineau shares about the sudden death of her fiance, Brian, and what it’s like to live with both grief and joy in the aftermath.

Brittany Magnus

Brittany Magnus talks about being a mom to one son with a high risk leukemia diagnosis, and a second son with a Crohn’s disease disease.

David Frost

At 35 years old, David’s twin brother, Bradford Frost, was diagnosed with a rare form of kidney cancer. 100 days later, he was gone.

Dana FrostMarch 24, 2022twin, Grief, loss, cancer, kidney cancer Comment

Raleigh Eckert

Raleigh Eckert shares about the loss of her daughter after being diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder during pregnancy.

Dana FrostMarch 10, 2022Grief, loss, child lossComment

Sally Deming

Sally shares about the sudden loss her husband Ron and why she is an advocate for promoting the importance of the “Move Over Law.”

Dana FrostFebruary 24, 2022Grief, loss, widow, sudden loss, sudden deathComment

Kelsey Braverman

Kelsey Braverman shares about the death of her husband, Ilya and what it was like to have a cancer diagnosis during covid.

Dana FrostFebruary 20, 2022Grief, loss, cancer, widow, cancer widow, bowel cancer, covid loss, covid death, pandemic grief, caregiving during the pandemicComment

Erin Browning

Erin Browning shares about the sudden death of her partner to a heart attack.

Dana FrostJanuary 10, 2022Grief, loss, cancer, widow, cancer widow, bowel cancerComment

Alicia D'Aguiar

Alicia D'Aguiar shares about the loss of her mom, Sandy to ovarian cancer, after a previous diagnosis of lymphoma.

Dana FrostMay 5, 2021Grief, loss, cancer, widow, cancer widow, bowel cancer Comment

Lisa Moberly

Lisa Moberly opens up about tragically losing her 7 year old daughter in a car accident and how she has continued to live her life in the aftermath.

Dana FrostFebruary 15, 2021Grief, loss, cancer, parent lossComment

Bay Nordstrom

Bay Nordstrom lost her dad to cancer and then shortly,, her mother-in-law. She opens up about how she coped during and after her losses.

Dana FrostOctober 29, 2020Grief, loss, cancer, parent loss Comment

Kaytee Fisher

Kaytee Fisher shares about the loss of her daughter after being diagnosed with the rare genetic disorder, Thanatophoric Dysplasia during pregnancy.

Dana FrostOctober 14, 2020Grief, loss, cancer, widow, cancer widow, bowel cancer Comment

Marbellys Bayne

Marbellys Bayne shares about the loss her husband to cancer as well as her own terminal diagnosis.

Dana FrostOctober 4, 2020Grief, loss, cancer, widow, cancer widow, bowel cancerComment

Jeremy Potter

Jeremy Potter shares about the loss of his best friend, Brad Frost to Kidney Cancer, followed by the death of his mom, Holly Potter to Ovarian Cancer.

Dana FrostSeptember 9, 2020Grief, loss, cancer Comment