Healing Tip of the Month – May
Spring is fully underway and is often considered a time of renewal and revitalization as mindsets reflect the changes happening in nature. New...
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...
Healing Tip – August 2024
In the digital age, technology is likely used throughout the day to accomplish tasks and connect with others. Whether for work, keeping up with...
Co-President’s Message – July 2024
In a few days, it will be 8 years since I lost my older brother. Sometimes it feels like it was yesterday and sometimes it feels like it...
Parent Column – July 2024
"Light in the Darkness" Rick Jacobs, June 2024 When my son Adam took his own life 15 years ago I found myself in a dark, isolated abyss. It took...