compassion
Identity Crisis
By Rachel Ezzo During my time as a staff member at Kate’s Club I have talked about and written much about grief. I have shared my stories about grieving my aunt, my sister, and even my dog. I have lead presentations with children about grieving and how to support a grieving friend. I have shared…
Read MoreNational Suicide Prevention Week
By: Lane Pease, Program Director September 8th – 14th is National Suicide Prevention week. At Kate’s Club, we regularly work with families who have lost a family member to suicide. The families come with the normal feelings of grief, but also experiencing intense feelings of guilt, anger, and shame. Recently, my own community lost several…
Read MoreNational Alliance for Grieving Children responds to newspaper column…
NAGC’s alternate response to June 4, 2012 John Rosemond Column about Childhood Grief. The death of a father is a lifelong loss for a child, but it does not have to “derail” his future. It is normal for a child to miss his father and for his feelings of grief to come and go with…
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