by sharon@sharonspano.com | Sep 4, 2026 | Beyond the Loss
When a child dies, immediate support floods in. Cards, flowers, phone calls, and meals fill the first few weeks. But as time passes, the crowd thins out, leaving bereaved parents to navigate a silent, altered world long after the funeral ends. In this episode of...
by sharon@sharonspano.com | Aug 21, 2026 | Beyond the Loss
In Episode 20 of Beyond the Loss, I explore the place anger can have in the grief journey after the death of a child. I talk about the ways anger can show up quietly—in our bodies, in our relationships, in our exhaustion, or in the moments when the world seems to be...
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...
