Grief, bereavement and loss support on the My Wellbeing pages
Our Glasgow Life My Wellbeing theme for November is grief, bereavement and loss - topics that affect everyone, but are still not widely spoken about.
We are looking to break down some of the barriers by providing information on upcoming events, resources and support on the My Wellbeing pages of our website.
Visit the Bereavement page for information on support available for grief and loss:
Vist our My Wellbeing calendar to find details of upcoming events that look at the topics of grief and loss (also listed below):
Essence of a Memory exhibition
1 to 14 November
The Mitchell Library
As part of this years' To Absent Friends Festival, The Mitchell Library will be displaying the Essence of a Memory exhibition, showing the winning images from the 'To Absent Friends Essence of a Memory' competition.
All kinds of things evoke memories of people who've died, and many of them come with an interesting anecdote. The 'To Absent Friends Essence of a Memory' competitions ran from 2014 to 2016. It challenged people to take a photo and write up to 50 words which together evoke a story or memory of a dead loved one.
Tuesday 5 November, 6.30pm
The Mitchell Library
We welcome Rodge Glass to the Mitchell Library to discuss his memoir Joshua in the Sky.
Rodge's nephew Joshua died the same day he was born, from a blood condition they both share. This book charts the five years around Joshua's life and death to tell the story of Rodge's attempts to make sense of this loss. Having spent a lifetime using reading and writing to both hide from and face the world, Joshua in the Sky serves as a kind of reckoning, asking the questions: whose life deserves to be remembered? And how? Free, but ticketed.
Thursday 7 November, 5.45pm
The Mitchell Library
A Death Cafe is a safe, confidential and friendly space for people to come together and talk openly and honestly about death, dying, and making the most of our finite lives. Small groups sit around a table and conversation flows without agenda or direction. The conversation is led by the people in the group, and therefore, each session is unique. Free, but ticketed.
Author session: Helen Kellock (part of the Wee Write Family Day)
Saturday 9 November, 11.30am
The Mitchell Library
Out to Sea follows the journey of a young girl named Lara who is so sad after the death of her grandmother that she is carried out to sea on a flood of her own tears. When it seems like sadness has overwhelmed her entirely, she discovers a pearl at the bottom of the ocean that triggers memories of the many happy times Lara shared with her grandmother. With the pearl safely at her side, Lara realises that she is not alone and finds the strength to pick up her oars and row herself back home. Free, but ticketed.