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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/blog/the-greatest-grief/
A sudden accident killed your child. That terrible phone call changed your life with no warning – you didn’t get to say goodbye – this has to be the most terrible loss of all. Your child died by suicide –…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/the-end-of-summer-the-autumn-of-our-healing/
September summer has always been a time of nostalgia for me. The days are noticeably shorter with daytime temperatures beginning to cool down and the slightest chilliness of beautiful star-filled evenings requiring a sweatshirt or sweater. Early morning streets are…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/the-gifts-of-the-compassionate-friends-1st-virtual-43rd-national-conference/
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/lessons-learned/
As bereaved parents, we are all learning to bear the unbearable whether our child died recently or many years ago. Each morning when we wake up, we have a familiar queasy feeling. We’re reminded that she’s gone or I can’t…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/a-statement-to-our-members-from-the-tcf-ceo/
Our TCF family is a diverse group of people having the painful shared experience of the death of a child, sibling, or grandchild. The death of George Floyd, as well as too many others before him, is a tragedy and…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/grief-work-is-hard-work/
When I first began my journey of grief following the death my only child, Todd, I didn’t comprehend that I would have to take an active role in what would come to be defined as “grief work.” All I knew…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/grieving-during-this-isolating-virus/
I can say without reservation that the years spent grieving the loss of my daughter, daily missing her presence, created a loneliness harsher than anything I could ever have imagined. Now, throw in an isolating, disruptive virus floating through our…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/when-a-holiday-memory-brings-a-smile-again/
Well…here we are again; another day that for many is a major holiday. It feels like it really was not that long ago that we were bombarded with the November/December holiday army that decended on us! Perhaps this is the…