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https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/national-conferences-comfort-conferred/
My cherished and fiercely loved son Jordan died by suicide in April of 2009 at the age of 19. In the minutes, hours, days and weeks that followed, I struggled to figure out how to live with a heart that…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/the-empty-chair-seven-lessons-gained-in-sibling-loss/
I never meant to become any sort of expert in sibling loss. That’s not a path anyone would willingly choose for themselves. Back in high school, I remember standing in the funeral home at my friend’s wake. After hugging his…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/shining-a-light/
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 a…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/thoughts-and-thanks/
We wish to thank all our sponsors, volunteers, keynote speakers, workshop presenters, entertainers, sharing session facilitators and attendees for making our 41st National Conference a huge success. To view the Walk to Remember photos, view our Facebook album. To see photos of the Conference,…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/the-arch/
This piece was beautifully written by Pamela Hagens. Samuel’s Mom, from the TCF Nashville Chapter, as well as read by her at the 41st TCF National Conference at the Friday luncheon on July 27, 2018 in St. Louis, Missouri. The…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/waiting-for-hope/
Hope: what an amazing word. What does it mean? Type hope into Google and you get 562 million hits. Merriam-Webster.com tells us that it is “to want something to happen or be true and think that it could happen or…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/sibling-chivalry-in-grief/
My 9-year-old son Kelly James died of cancer in 1987. That event changed my life forever, but many do not know of the other familial losses that preceded his. It seems life is a puzzle in progress; our losses and…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/tcf-national-conference-experience/
Almost three years after losing my almost 18-year-old son Brayden, I am still searching. I was skeptical about attending a TCF Conference but went anyway. I don’t like crowds or big hotels but I was in one. I didn’t want…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/suggestions-teachers-school-counselors-school-administrators/
Suggestions for Teachers, School Counselors and School Administrators Teachers, classmates, and school personnel make up a child’s “second family.” They too feel pain and a sense of helplessness when a member of that family dies or experiences the death of…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/national-conference-schedule/
2024 National Conference Schedule AT A Glance Thursday, July 11 Time Event 8:15 am – 5:00 pm TCF Volunteer Leadership Training 2:00 pm – 9:00 pm Conference Check-in/Onsite Registration 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Meet and Greets 8:30 pm…