A nonprofit grief and healing organization dedicated to helping parents and families living with the loss of a child
“However you survived is brilliant.” I always liked this sentiment. We’re all survivors of one thing or another. As a father who has survived the passing of my first-born, 3-year-old daughter Samantha, it’s an affirmation and a reminder of …
I have been in Colorado Springs two out of the last three months, staying with family who needed an extra pair of hands. The virtue of virtual is that Zoom seems to make many things possible. And although many states …
I went to a COPE workshop about 11 years ago, not knowing the topic until I got there. The woman presenting was talking about the “afterlife.” She didn’t do specific readings but talked generally about her ability to “read” how …
May brings Mother’s Day so I googled “who started Mother’s Day” and learned that a woman, Anna Jarvis, daughter of Ann Reeves Jarvis, started Mother’s Day as a way of honoring the sacrifices mothers made for their children. I know certain holidays …
I am writing this while listening to the morning news, not on Long Island, but in Denver, Colorado, about thirty minutes south of Boulder. While the conversations barely a week ago were all about the potential three feet of snow …
Welcome to March! The vernal equinox is on the 20th, which marks the beginning of spring and by the 21st, the days get longer. Ok, maybe by a few minutes, but that means we are trending to softer days, outdoor …
It is hard for me to avoid reading or watching the news. Yes, I know that it’s not always the best thing for my sanity, and yet I can’t stop, or perhaps I just don’t want to. Maybe I think, …
Happy New Year! Doesn’t it seem odd to say that? Perhaps the best we can say about 2021 is that is not 2020. With the rest of humanity, we, the bereaved families of COPE, are starting 2021 in the midst …
We have just had our first major family holiday since the pandemic slammed into our country and reshaped so much of our lives. Our lives are bracketed by the daily graphing of infection, rising hospitalization rates, and death counts that …
Adam Rabinovitch, our executive director, has joined with a national grief advocacy group called Evermore. Adam has had some conversations with them as they develop a national platform for the needs of the bereaved. I had the pleasure of joining …