https://www.compassionatefriends.org/memorial/brighton-colorado-shelby-howe/
Briley Claire was the center of my world. As the youngest of 5, she wanted to be like her siblings and was full of adventure and sass. She was a beautiful girl with a smile that could fill a room….
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/memorial/tucson-arizona-tricia-rivas/
Isabelle (or Belle as we called her) was born with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (aka a hole in her diaphragm). The odds were against her, but she was the first survivor of hernia repair while on ECMO for her surgeon…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/event/tcf-virtual-gathering/
Please join us on November 19, 2022, for The Compassionate Friend’s Fall Virtual Grief Gathering. This special gathering will include live, interactive workshops across a variety of grief topics plus recordings of our Main/Keynote Presentations from TCF’s 45th National Conference…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/heart-connections-long-time-grief/
The immediate time after a significant death is terribly painful in a raw, debilitating, and all-encompassing way. Others who witness our journey may feel and comprehend just a fraction of what we really experience. As more years pass, our experience…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/traditions-what-to-keep-and-what-to-let-go/
Traditions are very important to our families, and we may share large and small ones throughout the year. Some may be in conjunction with significant events like a graduation or a wedding, and others occur annually on birthdays and holidays….
Uncertainty and change continue this year as we adjust to this new stage of the pandemic. Vaccine availability has opened up new possibilities to gather in small groups. At the same time, some areas of our country are experiencing new…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/event/44th-tcf-national-conference/
TCF’s 44th National Conference will be presented virtually July 16-18, 2021. Although we would love to be together in person, we can still connect, support, and gather as a community through our virtual event. Comments from the 2020 Virtual Conference…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/event/rising-together-in-grief-and-hope/
Please join The Compassionate Friends for a complimentary virtual event Rising Together in Grief and Hope, featuring David Kessler, Shari O’Loughlin, and David Wood. All three of our speakers suffered tragic losses of children and siblings and have transformed their…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/rising-together-in-grief-and-hope/
Please consider adding a donation that will help support all bereaved parents, siblings, and grandparents. Your gift will ensure they need not walk alone. Donate Now David Kessler David Kessler is one of the world’s foremost experts on…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/reflections-upon-entering-the-holiday-season-2020/
The various upcoming holidays provide many different emotions when we are bereaved grandparents. Some grandparents have other grandchildren with us, like I do, but the one that is missing always reminds us of our loss and our broken hearts during…
