When Your Brother Dies and You're 11 Years Old
with Doug MacGray
Each year about 50,000 children die in the United States. While a profound loss for parents, what about their siblings? Doug MacGray, was eleven years old when he lost his sixteen-year-old brother, Ricky. How does an eleven-year-old grieve? How is the grief journey of a sibling different than the grief journey of parents? In this sometimes emotional conversation, Doug shares with Dr. Chuck F. Betters some of the ways his brother’s death affected him and how grief for a child is different than the grief of an adult. It’s our hope that Doug’s story will help parents understand the grief of their children a little better and also encourage those who have lost siblings at a young age.
Biography of Doug MacGray
Doug is the president of Stonecrop Wealth Advisors, a wealth advisory firm. Prior to his legal and financial career, Doug taught at a Christian boy’s school in the Republic of Palau. He has served on a variety of non-profit boards including his current service as a trustee for Missio Seminary (the new name for Biblical Seminary), and past service with Wilmington Christian School, YMCA of Bear, Delaware, Victim Offender Reconciliation Program of Delaware, Inc., and Sojourners’ Place, a homeless ministry in Delaware. He and his wife have three children and live in North Wilmington, Delaware.
