Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
What do you say when someone has lost a mother, a spouse, a daughter, a brother, an infant, or a best friend? What do you say when someone says they have cancer, or some debilitating disease, become blind, or endured abuse? Most people (if not all) carry a silent yet persistent pain or sorrow. If grief is so common, why do we shy away from talking about loss, dying, or the death of a loved one? Grief matters. How do we deal with grief? In what ways might we make room to talk about loss and grief – either our own experiences with grief or for others who are grieving? In this PROV Talk, Hiebert engages with these questions through reflections and poems she has written about her own journey with grief.
What do you say when someone has lost a mother, a spouse, a daughter, a brother, an infant, or a best friend? What do you say when someone says they have cancer, or some debilitating disease, become blind, or endured abuse? Most people (if not all) carry a silent yet persistent pain or sorrow. If grief is so common, why do we shy away from talking about loss, dying, or the death of a loved one? Grief matters. How do we deal with grief? In what ways might we make room to talk about loss and grief – either our own experiences with grief or for others who are grieving? In this PROV Talk, Hiebert engages with these questions through reflections and poems she has written about her own journey with grief.
