Dear COPE families, For as long as my daughter is gone, the New Year has been associated with January, the month that Michelle passed. One thing I know, after 29 years, I’ve had to learn to think differently. After quite some time, I recently dreamt of my daughter and...
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 of an almost universal shared grief and fear. Yet, I find...
So many families at COPE have lost children and siblings, and the holidays are always so difficult for people. Many of the siblings in my group have talked about how their parents ‘canceled’ Christmas after their loss. So many families on Long Island are...
Thanks to COPE Facilitator Lauren Jukofsky, LCSW for this month’s Healing Tip Take Care of Yourself There are moments that can be stressful for everyone, adding the loss of a loved on top of everything else can feel unsurmountable....
REFLECTIONS So many aspects of the world right now are reminiscent of my early grief…The isolation, distancing, fear, anxiety, and depression are all familiar feelings, creating vulnerability and a lack of control. My inner world is being challenged by...
Holidays this year are different… This holiday season is like none other. We’re embracing those we love at a distance and creating new ways to be together in mind and heart while finding new ways to love the ones who are missing. I’m finding new...
I’ve had conflicting thoughts throughout my life about what happens when we die. After my brother, LB, died, a friend told me about a recent experience she had with a medium. Since then, I’ve had two readings from different mediums; but really, I’ve had...
Thanks to COPE Facilitator Janet Zimmerman, LCSW-R for this month’s Healing Tip Sometimes you just don’t feel like getting out of bed. You want to stay in your pajamas and just pull the sheets over your head. You want to hide. That’s understandable...
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 reflect the millions of...
