grief journey
Children’s Grief Awareness Month: Studying Grief Through the Lifespan
by Lane Pease Hendricks, Director of Programs and Partnerships At Kate’s Club, we empower children, teens, and now young adults after the death of a parent, sibling, or caregiver. We may help children grieve, but ultimately we instill skills that will help them as adults. Grief is not an event, but a journey. Grief does…
Read MoreKeturah's Camp Good Mourning Story
Maybe it was the refreshing breeze, or the serenity I felt as I strolled through the camps pathway. Perhaps it was simply the joyous conversations coming from some of the campers and warm hugs and smiles from the buddies. Though I can’t pinpoint what it was specifically, I knew this combination made me feel right…
Read MoreA World Where it is Ok to Grieve
By: Kate Atwood [Today is National Children’s Grief Awareness Day. It comes on the heels of the tragic terrorist attacks around the world. And while a lot of us are grieving a sense of loss of our own freedom by these attacks, hundreds of families are experiencing the darkest days of grief as they mourn…
Read MoreSeeking the Light
We would like to share with you a blog post from Kara Jones, an artist and creative grief educator. Kate’s Club also works with our members and their families on creative ways to deal with their grief through art, music, and recreational therapy. Kara uses creative prompts on her blog to talk about her grief…
Read MoreGrieving Teens
By Lane Pease, Program Director Last week, Paris Jackson, Michael Jackson’s daughter, was rushed to the hospital in an apparent suicide attempt. An attorney for the family wrote, “Being a sensitive 15-year-old is difficult no matter who you are. It is especially difficult when you lose the person closest to you. Paris is physically fine…
Read MoreNine Years Under
The official start of summer is this month. Maybe Nine Years Under: Coming of Age in an Inner City Funeral Home should be on your summer reading list? 31-year-old Baltimore writer Sheri Booker turned grief over the loss of her beloved Aunt into employment at a West Baltimore funeral home and the kernal of her writing career. Sheri’s work…
Read MoreIn Anticipation of Memorial Day…Captain Julie Cyr's Story
Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, is a day for honoring and remembering all Americans who have died while in military service. Here’s a great remembrance of Benjamin Keating by his friend and fellow soldier Julie Cyr. Julie shares her grief journey and the tremendous importance of telling your story. NPR Story Corps: Captain Julie…
Read MoreAtlanta's Inaugural Death Cafe
As usual, I was listening to NPR on the way home. I heard about the Death Cafe concept started in England in late 2011 by Jon Underwood. The purpose of a Death Cafe is to foster a safe, respectful, confidential, casual forum for discussion of death and how our thoughts and questions about death impact the way…
Read MoreSix Years Gone
Lt. Col. Paul Finken died in Iraq in 2006, leaving behind his wife, Jackie, and their three daughters, Emilie, Caroline and Julia, to figure out which things can heal. This is a must read article by Leslye Davis and Sarah Kramer in The New York Times. I really admire the mother’s commitment to not…
Read MoreAnswering the Tough Questions…
Motherhood has brought on a whole new component to my grief journey as I am faced with the loss and grief my children experience as a result of my parents being gone. My oldest daughter, almost 6, is very insightful and emotional, and at around the age of 4 started making the connection between mommy’s…
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