12/16 – “Healing Through the Holidays”

Happy Heavenly Birthday Michelle Missing & Loving you, Mom The holidays come with added stress and sadness for anyone grieving a loved one which is why COPE is offering this special program for you. At Lifetime Syosset on December 16 @ 2:00 (details below) ~ part...

My Grief Journey

My Grief Journey My son died in 2006. It is inconceivable to me that he died & how many years it is. I could not grasp how my heart could be broken & yet it still beats. I discovered what courage truly is.  I despise the reason that I learned that I am...

“They Tell Me”  By Esther Bogin, Heath’s Mom

Parent Poem   In Memory of Heath Bogin   They Tell Me  By Esther Bogin, Heath’s Mom Songs-Pictures-Thoughts-Memorabilia-Reminders-Reminders. They tell me “time heals everything.” Movies – the tears – TV shows...

The Trees, June 2017

The trees are coming into leaf Like something almost being said; The recent buds relax and spread, Their greenness is a kind of grief.   Is it that they are born again And we grow old? No, they die too, Their yearly trick of looking new Is written down in rings...

May, 2017

OUR LOVING SON KENNETH LACKS   They say there is a reason, They say that time will heal, But neither time nor reason, Will change the way we feel, For no one knows the heartache, That lies behind our smile. No one knows how many times, We have broken down and...

To Honor You…

To honor you, I get up everyday and take a breath. And start another day without you in it. To honor you, I laugh and love with those who knew your smile And the way your eyes twinkled with mischief and secret knowledge. To honor you, I take the time to appreciate...