Healing Tip – October 2023
Aspects of grief can feel jarring and destabilizing. As grievers experience the death, they must work through secondary losses like the absence of their favorite person to share a film, a dinner partner or expert on a topic. Changes do not only impact...Message from Jen Schwartz – Camp COPE September 2023
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Grief can be overwhelming and powerful. It can keep you isolated and alone. It can have devastating consequences. It can shatter the world as you know it. Nearly 2.6 million people die in the United States annually, leaving an average of nine grieving people behind....Parents’ Columns – September 2023
Andrew Michael Levinson 9/16/87 – 9/17/15 For Our Andrew – Life was never as expected. We couldn’t have imagined Muscular Dystrophy would be part of our son’s life, but at the start, there it was. And yet, the limitations of his diagnosis would not...My Grief Journey
My Grief Journey My son died in 2006. It is inconceivable to me that he died & how many years it is. I could not grasp how my heart could be broken & yet it still beats. I discovered what courage truly is. I despise the reason that I learned that I am...Co-Presidents’ Message – August 2023
In the first year after my brother passed, I had a number of dreams in which he appeared and they always left me feeling helpless. I talked about them with my COPE group and was surprised to hear people say that they wished they had more dreams about their...Healing Tip – August 2023
Many grievers feel unsupported as their grief continues beyond expectations of mourning time. There are messages in society that display support systems are comfortable when grievers return back to life as ‘normal’ and show they are outwardly functioning. ...Co-President’s Message – July 2023
The great American author Ernest Hemingway once wrote “no one you love is every truly lost”. Since my daughter Samantha Rose passed away on June 12, 2009 at the age of 3, this thought has stuck with me and served as a mantra or credo of sorts. It’s a...How to Find a Grief Organization
Grief organizations play a vital role in offering compassion, counseling, and a sense of community to individuals and families going through the grieving process.