Author and podcast host Jenny Lisk and Our Treehouse executive director Josh Clements discuss child grief. WATCH
Jenny Lisk’s husband doesn’t make sense anymore and she can’t ignore it another minute. READ MORE…
But parents want answers. Jenny Lisk, host of the Widowed Parent Podcast, said in an email that when her husband died of brain cancer, she searched everywhere for a book that would tell her how to parent her 9- and 11-year-old children through the loss. At the time, she wondered, “How was I supposed to support them and hopefully not completely ruin their lives?” READ MORE…
When Jenny Lisk's husband Dennis died of brain cancer in 2016, the mom of two struggled to care for their children, 9 and 11, while managing her own grief.
"Grieving while also parenting grieving kids is hard," she tells Yahoo Life.
In fact, says Lisk, who authored a book, Future Widow, about her experience, "I found the parenting part to be the hardest." READ MORE…
Jenny Lisk’s self-described “perfectly normal” life — a successful career as an IT professional, husband, two kids, a dog — altered irrevocably one Friday night in the spring of 2015 when her husband Dennis mentioned that he had been experiencing bouts of dizziness that week. Concern mounted over the ensuing days, as he began exhibiting signs of confusion and forgetfulness. READ MORE…
Dennis Lisk, of Redmond, Washington, died of glioblastoma at age 44. His wife, Jenny, and their two kids were shocked. One day he was perfectly fine, and eight months later he was dead. In the aftermath, Jenny not only had to deal with her own grief but also somehow help her children through the process. She found herself trying to answer questions from her kids, like “Why did Dad have to die?” READ MORE…
Award-winning author Jenny Lisk is interviewed on CJAD 800 AM Montreal. LISTEN
“The problem is, it places the burden of deciding what is needed on the person grieving,” said Lisk, host of the Widowed Parent Podcast. She added that someone in that position likely doesn’t know what they need and it also makes them feel like they have to do something. READ MORE…
When Megan was nine, her father was diagnosed with brain cancer. He died eight months later. "It's been a hard few years,” said Jenny Lisk, Megan’s mother. “We've been having to figure out how to get back on our feet." For Megan, making art helped - especially when she came up with an idea to use her work for good. READ MORE…
