Throwback Tuesday 🔙 Why is sibling loss unique? It’s losing your shared history and identity. 🌿
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#SiblingLoss #Grief #LifeAfterLoss #Bereavement #GriefSupport #HealingAfterLoss
Throwback Tuesday 🔙
Why is sibling loss unique? Explore this grief on Everyone dies. 🌿
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#EveryoneDies #SiblingLoss #Grief #LifeAfterLoss #AmbiguousLoss #PodcastThrowback
Finally, we shake off
The dust from the wreckage
That had settled on us
We look at the beautiful clouds
Pick each other up
And continue on our way
With a brother-shaped hole
Still carved in our hearts
#poetry #poem #skypoetry #grief #siblingloss
📣 New Podcast! "M&M Hour: Southern Charm and RHOP" on @Spreaker #austenkroll #bravo #childloss #grief #mentalhealth #popculture #radioandy #rhop #siblingloss #southerncharm #therapist #therapy
📣 New Podcast! "Bravo News, RHOSLC and Viall Files with Lyndsay and Brady from @recaprodeo and @vanderpodrecaps" on @Spreaker #abuse #andycohen #bravo #mentalheath #nickviall #popculture #radioandy #rhobh #rhop #rhoslc #siblingloss #spreakersupporter #spreakersupportersclub #trauma
Isabelle adored her little sister.Several times a day,she would put a cushion on her knee and tap it to tell me she wanted to hold her.They only got 9 precious months together.Our house should have double the noise. Double the laughter. In such a grief hole 💔 #grief #siblingloss
5 years ago today #MAGA attempted to overthrow the #USA government in the #january6th #CapitolRiot - it is also when I learned we had lost my #brother to an accidental #fentanyl OD… don’t try me today, I have no filter, I will hurt your feelings. #grief #siblingloss #anger #democracy
I had a much needed date day with F yesterday. When picking some presents for his sister, I said he could choose a bookmark and he picked this. He always chooses joy, despite everything. He grieves himself and also has to witness ours. He's our inspiration ❤️ #siblingloss #grief
F insisted on coming with me on my run.He did very well given it's his first!We went to Alexander's favourite spot on walks: the water. And we saw a rainbow, a favourite spot for Isabelle. A peaceful happy set of memories which I'm grateful for 💙❤️ #grief #childloss #siblingloss
“Grief and bereavement support: in conversation with Jenni Thomas OBE and Anna May” CDAS University of Bath vimeo.com/1125241155 #AcademicSky #SiblingLoss
“Doodles: Down Syndrome Awareness Month” (2025) A blue and gold portrait by Courtney Lee Designs of her big brother, who passed away at age 30 in September 2024.
It’s Down Syndrome Awareness Month. I miss you, Doodles. 💛💙
4.17.1994 - 9.7.2024 💔🕊️
#CourtneyLeeDesigns #siblingloss #grief #griefsky #brother #portraitart #procreateart #artsky #downsyndrome #downsyndromeawareness #autismawareness
Oct 14, 2004, was the saddest day of my life. She left without ever knowing our mother's love for her. Heartbreaking really. #rip #grief #death #CapCut #childabuseawareness #sisters #grief #siblingloss #fyp #foryou #foryourpage #bluesky #childabuseawareness #sa #sasurvivors #childabuse #stepfather
"Siblings, Eternal" (2020 vs. 2025) by Courtney Lee Designs. A side-by-side comparison of an old and new stippling portrait of Courtney with her two brothers. Both portraits show the trio walking away from the viewer, hand-in-hand, inspired by two separate photo references. They're both drawn solely using pointillism techniques, but the newer one is created with much smaller dots, improved value transitions, and more intricate details. There are rainbow paint pours in both versions, yet there is obvious growth in definition, depth, the chosen hues, and grainy paper / canvas textures in the most recent version. Courtney's older brother passed away just over one year ago.
"Siblings, Eternal" (2020 vs. 2025)
❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷
#CourtneyLeeDesigns #siblings #siblingloss #loss #grief #middlechild #sister #rainbowart #artsky #stippling #pointillism #portraitart #memorialart #tributeart #procreateartist #digitalartist
A photo (September 7th, 2025) by Courtney Lee Designs, showing a collection of Ziploc bags full of painted rocks and cards and other collectibles to be shared and to raise awareness about organ donation.
These are some rocks my husband & I painted in my brother’s memory; they’re bagged with the cards I made, extra prayer cards, custom pins & magnets, Donate Life bracelets, & organ donation awareness stickers from Amazon. 💙💚 #CourtneyLeeDesigns #grief #siblingloss #organdonation #artsky #ROC
Last Friday was the 22nd of August, fitting that that’s my dad’s birthday that my brother was last seen that day by anyone and could be considered the day he died. #SiblingLoss
Today, I found them sat in Isabelle's room reading some of her books. A beautiful peaceful moment that made my heart burst and break at the same time. X #grief #childloss #siblingloss
true unbeliever, me,
writing poems of
saints and angels
are you laughing at me
from beyond? -FG
#poetry #grief #SiblingLoss
Missing you every day my beautiful big sister. #siblingloss #Lupus #missingyou #rememberingyou #death #bigsister #littlesister
Courtney Lee Designs’ memorial piece for her brother, made in August 2025. Full caption below: “Today is the 11-month anniversary of my big brother’s passing. How can this possibly be real? It’s something I still can’t come to terms with. My lifelong, built-in best friend isn’t here anymore. I stare at his smile. I can feel his bone-crushing hugs through these pictures. Through my art and my platform, I continue to share my memories of him. I continue to share his story. I keep talking about his lasting impression on this world while he was living, and the impact he continues to have from beyond. Our family is coordinating his one-year anniversary to be a rock painting event to raise awareness to the importance of organ donation. If you’re not a registered organ donor already, please consider doing so. For Zachary, he has continued to live on and SAVE LIVES through the donation of his liver, kidneys, heart valves, nerves, and connective tissue. We miss him forever and always…but he is also a HERO. I love you, Doodles. 💙💚” donatelife.net
Today is the 11-month anniversary of my big brother’s passing. Through my art and my platform, I continue to share his story. I love you, Doodles. 💙💚 donatelife.net
#CourtneyLeeDesigns #siblingloss #grief #loss #organdonorawareness #ROC #rochesterny
#survivorguilt #ptsd #cptsd #acceptance #LGBT+ #loss #grieving #healing #family #foundfamily #support #mixedfamily #adoption #foster #parentalloss #siblingloss #childloss #spousalloss #neglect
The sky held its tears
to the point of breaking
now I watch them stream down my window and know
the universe misses you, too.
#poetry #grief #SiblingLoss
Day 1 of the holidays and we are determined to squeeze as much of the daily joy as we can. #siblingloss
Beware the lull-in-immediate-work-pressure days, for it is during those that memory resurgences do so occur… Rest moment required. #SiblingLoss #SuicideLoss
A comparison of an original wallet-sized photograph (left image) alongside the photo restoration / mixed media / digital art portrait made with Procreate by Courtney Lee Designs. An image of her older brother Zach as a baby, she is sharing this on the nine-month anniversary of his passing. He died at just 30 years old, and heroically became an organ donor.
It’s been nine months without my best friend. At 30 years young, I lost my big brother. 💔 Look at that smile. This was him in a nutshell. All his life. All the time. I miss him every second, of every day. 💙 #CourtneyLeeDesigns #siblingloss #grief #griefsky #artsky #ROC #rochesterny
Sibling loss is often the grief that goes unseen. In my latest Substack, I share what it felt like to be the only sibling at a grief group after my brother’s suicide—and why I’m now giving away 6 copies of The Loss of a Lifetime. lisacooperellison.substack.com/p/when-your-...
#siblingloss #giveaway
It’s been a tough week. My sister Val passed away last night after a long battle with lung cancer, leaving behind her two teen sons. If your heart feels called, support is welcome at the link below. Shares appreciated.🙏
#siblingloss #gofundme t.co/KssaRIA6XM
A photograph of Courtney (Courtney Lee Designs) wrapped in a fleece blanket that she had custom-made for Christmas in 2023 for her big brother. She's gently holding the blanket close to her, her hand nearby the two necklaces she always wears, which hold her brother's and grandfather's ashes. Courtney's brother passed away in September 2024, and now this blanket is a little cloak of comfort as she works in her art space.
A photograph of Courtney (Courtney Lee Designs) wrapped in a fleece blanket that she had custom-made for Christmas in 2023 for her big brother. She's gently holding the blanket close to her, her hand nearby the two necklaces she always wears, which hold her brother's and grandfather's ashes. Courtney's brother passed away in September 2024, and now this blanket is a little cloak of comfort as she works in her art space.
#flashbackfriday 💙 I made the pretty blue artwork for this fleece blanket (2023) as a Christmas present for my big brother. Since his passing, I keep it within arms reach at all times in my art workspace…❤️🩹 I miss him so much… #CourtneyLeeDesigns #siblingloss #grief #customart #artsky
