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COPE Contributors

January 2018

Words from COPE President and Founder, Lillian Julien   Dear COPE Families, Since loss drastically changed our lives, any...

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Healing Tip

COPE Healing Tip January 2018

Yoga for Grief We can move through grief with a practice that connects body, heart and mind while offering strength and comfort in the present....

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COPE Contributors

December 2017

Dear COPE Families,   Holidays are a time when we may find ourselves struggling or even wrestling with our thoughts and emotions....

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COPE Contributors

COPE at Cedarmere

New Address:  Cedarmere Historic Home, 225 Bryant Avenue, Roslyn, NY 11576  Starting January 1, 2018, COPE will be in our new location...

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Healing Tip

COPE Healing Tip December 2017

Owning Your Holidays Celebrating winter holidays, like Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa and New Years, can be challenging for grieving families. At...

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COPE News

Community News Nov 2017

Daytime Bereavement Group by Janet Zimmerman, LCSW-R    On the first Tuesday and third Wednesday of each month, a wonderful group of...

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COPE Contributors

November 2017

Words from COPE President and Founder, Lillian Julien   Dear COPE Families,   I live with a hole in my heart. Often...

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Parent Column

November 2017

In Memory of Ava Hecht  By Karen Gang On January 8, 2009, I began a heartbreaking lifelong journey that those reading this column...

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Healing Tip

COPE Healing Tip November 2017

Healing Tip of the Month From Amy Olshever, PhD, LCSW When we experience a tragic and devastating loss it can be “traumatizing”. When we think...

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Parent Column

July 2017

In Memory of Jaclyn Scarabino Maybe other parents who have lost a precious child go through this too? There is a certain point before her...

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COPE Contributors

July 2017

Words from COPE President and Founder, Lillian Julien Dear COPE Families, As I struggle to find my voice (due to a vocal chord problem), I...

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Parent Column

June 2017

"My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step,...

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Poems Writing

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...

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COPE Contributors

June 2017

As a mother, I write about Father's Day, remembering my children's father. I am a mother because of him. If not for him, I would not have my...

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Healing Tip

The Courage to Grieve, June 2017

Living with grief demands courage: the courage to keep living; the courage to learn from our losses; the courage to ask for help when we need it,...

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Parent Column

May, 2017

Tom's Mom, Janet Shavel writes:   As all of us grieve the loss of our children, somehow for me - perhaps...

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