https://www.compassionatefriends.org/volunteer-spotlight/
The Compassionate Friends Awards Each year, The Compassionate Friends recognizes outstanding volunteers who have given their time to further the mission of TCF. These volunteers were recognized at this year’s virtual conference. Alan Pedersen, Simon Stephens Award Alan is an…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/wnnwa-survey/
We would love your input as we move forward with our next issue of the national magazine of The Compassionate Friends, We Need Not Walk Alone (WNNWA), featuring articles by and for parents, siblings, and grandparents who are grieving the…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/heart-connections-grief-and-loss-in-a-pandemic/
As we move toward the end of September, it’s hard to believe that we have been experiencing life in a pandemic for over six months. Grief and loss are pervasive on multiple levels in our nation and in the world…
As a bereaved mother and a first-time attendee at The Compassionate Friends 43rd National Conference, I felt an immediate connection to those who presented workshops and fellow attendees. In my daily life, I rarely am in contact with people who…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/my-experiences-from-the-1st-tcf-virtual-conference/
Today is the final day of the 2020 Virtual TCF Conference. There are two stories I wanted to share from yesterday about my experience at the virtual conference this year. I attended a sharing session for seasoned grievers, those of…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/awakenings/
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. ~ Ernest Hemingway For years I cursed spring… During that time my heart woke to the bitterness of life. In the harsh frost of winter, my anguish…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/the-crunch-of-snow/
Shock. It paralyzes the senses long enough for the body, the spirit, the mind to catch up with each other, to absorb whatever terrible news that’s been delivered to us. For me, it was a 30 second phone call from…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/tcf-worldwide-candle-lighting/
As the major holidays approached in late autumn of 1995, I was filled with anxiety and deep sadness. In May of that year, my 15-year-old vivacious and beautiful daughter Nina was senselessly and tragically killed by an alcohol-impaired driver. With…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/the-language-of-sisters/
I don’t expect it’s this way with all siblings, but Wendy and I could talk to each other about almost anything. We didn’t always agree; in fact, it was often the opposite, but we could communicate in that way I…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/protesting-how-are-you-greetings/
The person checking you out at the grocery store, the neighbors you barely know when they pass you on the street, the person handing out the bulletins when you enter church – all say casually, “How are you?” or “How are you…
