by sharon@sharonspano.com | Jul 31, 2026 | Beyond the Loss
Permission to Live: Overcoming “Joy Guilt” After the Death of a Child. For many bereaved parents, one of the most confusing hurdles on the grief journey isn’t the heavy sadness—it is the sudden, unexpected arrival of happiness. You might be sitting...
by sharon@sharonspano.com | Apr 29, 2026 | Beyond the Loss
When a child dies, we expect grief. What we don’t expect… is that grief itself will be judged. Not openly. Not directly. But in the quiet ways people respond— in the phrases meant to comfort… in the comparisons no one admits they’re making… and in the subtle...
