COPE Healing Tip – November 2025
The end of each year, especially the holiday season, is often difficult for grievers. There is a focus on spending time with family or friends or...
Healing Tip Of The Month – September 2025
Camp weekend is my favorite weekend of the year. Loss can be a lonely place. I think I liked how lonely it could be. If I wasn't sharing it with...
Healing Tip Of The Month – August 2025
Speaking one-to-one and in support groups with grievers for years provided opportunities to not only hear life-changing stories but also to share...
Healing Tip Of The Month – July 2025
As the weather grows warmer, many turn their thoughts towards summer plans. This season can be especially challenging for individuals and...
Healing Tip Of The Month – March 2025
Each year COPE hosts its annual bereavement camp for children ages 7-17. We also offer a concurrent retreat for parents and guardians, supporting...
Healing Tip – February 2025
With the first month of 2025 behind us, many may already feel the need for a restart. Navigating a new year can be even more challenging in...
Thank you Dr. Sherry Radowitz
COPE extends deep thanks and appreciation to our longtime board leader and co-treasurer Dr. Sherry Radowitz as she cycles off the board following...
Healing Tip – January 2025
As we look back on our supportive programs from 2024 and begin to schedule our workshops for 2025, we want to express our deepest gratitude to...
Healing Tip – December 2024
Grief Bursts, Cumulative, and Collective Grief In grief there are typical, everyday “grief bursts,” or sudden bursts of feelings that come out of...
The Good Grief Project: Finding Meaning Through the Healing Power of Creativity and Community
The Good Grief Project: Finding Meaning Through the Healing Power of Creativity and Community COPE/Pinelawn November 2024 workshop Grief is often...
Parent Heart to Heart – December 2024
Keanu Grief for bereaved parents can be particularly complex. Often filled with a mix of sorrow, anger and longing because it’s unnatural for a...
Parent Column – November 2024
ANDREW WEISS by Sharon Weiss My son Andrew, a vibrant and kind-hearted soul, passed suddenly on November 5, 2021. Andrew, who always had a...
Healing Tip – November 2024
The truth is most grievers begin thinking about the holiday season well before November. Many anticipate the absence of their loved one at the...
Healing Tip – October 2024
A Reminder To Take Care of Your Body When You are Grieving I went for my annual physical today. After working in a hospital for a decade, I...
Camp COPE and Parent/Caregiver Retreat Reflections
Camp COPE and Parent/Caregiver Retreat Reflections Joint Co-President’s Message and Healing Tip The typical authors of the Healing Tip, COPE...