Comments on: My First Compassionate Friends Meeting http://www.grievingparent.com/resources/support-groups/my-first-compassionate-friends-meeting/ Resources for parents that have lost a child. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:27:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe Mudd http://www.grievingparent.com/resources/support-groups/my-first-compassionate-friends-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Joe Mudd Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:35:29 +0000 http://www.grievingparent.com/?p=225#comment-51 @Karen. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. You're right, family is very important for us. I hope to meet you at the workshop in March. @Karen. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. You’re right, family is very important for us.

I hope to meet you at the workshop in March.

]]> By: Karen Cantrell http://www.grievingparent.com/resources/support-groups/my-first-compassionate-friends-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Karen Cantrell Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:02:13 +0000 http://www.grievingparent.com/?p=225#comment-50 I love the website and the chance to give thoughts in writing. I wish I had been at that meeting you attended before Christmas. My thoughts are some what different than others on the holidays. Our family has been on the grief journey 7 + years now and continue to celebrate the holidays as painful as the first Christmas was. We made a family decision to continue celebrating for our daughter's sake who was still at home. Her world had been shaken enough with the death of her brother without taking the family celebrations from her as well. Just our thought on the subject. It's hard but gets softer as each year passes. Our family time is precious, even more so now that Jacob is no longer with us in the flesh. I couldn't imagine not celebrating Christmas with our family and spending time together. They don't always understand or know what to say but who better to be with than those that love you no matter what. We incorporate Jacob into all special days, wether his absence is symbolized by a vase of fresh cut yellow (his favorite color) flowers or giving a gift in his memory. Jacob will always be remembered. As Dinah Taylor says, signed by a "Fellow Traveler". Karen C. I love the website and the chance to give thoughts in writing. I wish I had been at that meeting you attended before Christmas. My thoughts are some what different than others on the holidays. Our family has been on the grief journey 7 + years now and continue to celebrate the holidays as painful as the first Christmas was. We made a family decision to continue celebrating for our daughter’s sake who was still at home. Her world had been shaken enough with the death of her brother without taking the family celebrations from her as well. Just our thought on the subject. It’s hard but gets softer as each year passes. Our family time is precious, even more so now that Jacob is no longer with us in the flesh. I couldn’t imagine not celebrating Christmas with our family and spending time together. They don’t always understand or know what to say but who better to be with than those that love you no matter what. We incorporate Jacob into all special days, wether his absence is symbolized by a vase of fresh cut yellow (his favorite color) flowers or giving a gift in his memory. Jacob will always be remembered.
As Dinah Taylor says, signed by a “Fellow Traveler”.
Karen C.

]]> By: A Nice Call http://www.grievingparent.com/resources/support-groups/my-first-compassionate-friends-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-22 A Nice Call Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:36:09 +0000 http://www.grievingparent.com/?p=225#comment-22 [...] KY and the regional coordinator. Debbie has been to a few meetings there and we both went to the last meeting before [...] [...] KY and the regional coordinator. Debbie has been to a few meetings there and we both went to the last meeting before [...]

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