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Connect with Other Bereaved Parents, Grandparents, and
Siblings Everyday on TCF’s Online Support Community
The Compassionate Friends offers “virtual Chapters” through an Online Support Community (live chats).
This program was established to encourage connecting and sharing among parents, grandparents, and
siblings (over the age of 18) grieving the death of a child. The rooms supply support, encouragement, and
friendship. The friendly atmosphere encourages conversation among friends; friends who understand the
emotions you’re experiencing. There are general bereavement sessions as well as more specific sessions:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
9:00 - 10:00 AM EST 9:00 - 10:00 PM EST 9:00 - 10:00 PM EST 8:00 - 9:00 PM EST
Parents/Grandparents/Siblings Bereaved Less than Two Years Parents/Grandparents/Siblings No Surviving Children
9:00 - 10:00 PM EST 9:00 - 10:00 PM EST 9:00 - 10:00 PM EST
Parents/Grandparents/Siblings Bereaved More than Two Years Parents/Grandparents/Siblings
10:00 - 11:00 PM EST
Bereaved Siblings
Friday Saturday Sunday
10:00 - 11:00 AM EST 9:00 - 10:00 PM EST 2:00 - 3:00 PM EST (open
Parents/Grandparents/Siblings Parents/Grandparents/Siblings depending on moderator
availability)
9:00 - 10:00 PM EST 10:00 - 11:00 PM EST Parents/Grandparents/Siblings
Pregnancy/Infant Loss Parents/Grandparents/Siblings
8:00 - 9:00 PM EST
9:00 - 10:30 PM EST Survivors of Suicide ©Arndt Vladimir/fotolia.com
Parents/Grandparents/Siblings
9:00 - 10:00 PM EST
Parents/Grandparents/Siblings
Visit www.compassionatefriends.org/find-support/online-communities/online-support/ for
more information and to register.
How I Found Hope ... © kesipun/fotolia.com
Truly, the only hope I had early on came from one extraordinary
sign I received from Scott, my beloved only child who died suddenly
at 19. The day after his funeral, in that fog of devastation and the
unknown world I was thrust into, a beautiful sign came. It was a
spiritual connection I had no idea was possible. Ongoing signs and
communication from Scott opened me up our deep new relationship.
Sara Ruble, Scott’s Mom, Stow, OH
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