Supporting Family- After a Child Dies

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You Need Not Be Alone After Losing Your Child

Compassionate Friends Grief Support For Grandparents

Grief Support For Grandparents

alt="grief support for grandparents"Grandparents’ Remembrance

We are the grieving grandparents, the shepherds of our children and grandchildren’s lives. Our grief is two-fold and at times we feel powerless to help. We seek to comfort our children in the depths of their grief and yet we need the time and space to face our own broken hearts. We have been robbed of the special tender touch a grandparent shares with a grandchild and we have lost a symbol of our immortality. As we walk by our child’s side, we both give and draw strength. We reach into their hearts to comfort them, and when they reach out to us in their distress, we begin the journey to heal together. We continue to be their guardians.  We allow traditions to change to accommodate their loss. We support the new ones which symbolize the small steps on their journey. It is in their healing that our hearts find comfort.    ~Susan Mackey, The Compassionate Friends, Rutland, VT~

Join us: Attend our Local Tampa Bay Chapter Meeting: Bereaved grandparents are always welcome to attend our meetings held on the First Thursday of each month.

Grieving Grandparents Brochure: The Grief of Grandparents

 The Compassionate Friend’s Compassionate Friends Online Support offers Parent/Grandparent chats.

All The Compassionate Freind’s National Conferences hold workshops for bereaved grandparents, as well as sharing sessions you are welcome to attend.

Our national magazine, We Need Not Walk Alone, includes stories geared toward bereaved parents, siblings, and grandparents. For more information visit Compassionate Friends We Need Not Walk Alone Magazine

Receive a customized bereavement packet: When you call the National Office, you are welcome to request a bereavement packet. You will be asked a few questions so we can determine what should be included in your packet, which will be sent you at no charge. We send out, on average, more than 5,000 bereavement packets every year.

To ask questions or receive support after the death of a grandchild, you are invited to write Polly Moore (bereaved grandparent and parent, as well as a former member of The Compassionate Friend’s National Board of Directors) at lolly39@aol.com.