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https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/may-the-unusually-difficult-month/
For the bereaved parent, May is frequently the cruelest month. The month of May offers the rest of the world a promise of another carefree summer, swimming, family vacations, relaxation, reading, cook-outs and picnics, trips to the lake and so…
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/heart-connections-what-we-bring-with-us-into-this-new-year/
When we shifted into the new year, expressions of relief were plentiful that 2020 was finally over. Yet the pandemic has not ended. Uncertainty and unrest remain on multiple levels. What can we bring with us into 2021 as we…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/the-holidays-are-behind-us/
It is the new year. The holidays are behind us. We did with them what we could. Whether they were a time of sorrow, a time of joy, or a combination of each, they are now a part of our…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/reflections-on-a-new-year/
We begin a new year, one that many of us enter with reluctance. After all, it means another year away from our child and another year to be lived without the physical presence of the one we have lost. Apprehensive…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/the-new-year-a-time-of-hope/
Another New Year has slipped into our lives, radically changing some things and leaving other things to evolve naturally. For bereaved parents a new year marks another year on the calendar without their precious children. It is a new year,…
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…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/eleven-thanksgivings-after/
The Monday before Thanksgiving my emotions pulled a surprise attack. The cold sunny weather provided a Texas-perfect backdrop for Thanksgiving week, with Monday marking the first official day of preparation. Dinner would be at my sister-in-law and brother’s this year….