Kathryn Monaco-Douglas led an online group of about 135 people just a week before Valentine’s Day. Nobody really wanted to be there: They were gathered to talk about grieving. They had all lost loved ...
Because he would want her to. After climbing out of an abyss of despair, she's doing something she knows her husband would have done: she's reaching out to help others in their grief. Less than a year ...
Within days of the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, scores of mental health professionals volunteered or were called into service to help the distraught families of those who perished.
The death of a spouse is devastating at any age. While everyone experiences grief differently, the concerns of a young widow or widower often are different than those of someone older. Last September, ...
Seventeen years, 34 sessions and 600 people later, the Widow-Widower Support Group of Grand Forks is alive and well, and just as fervent as ever in its mission to minister to the grieving. "It's ...
A widow says hearing stories from others who have also lost their loved ones gives her "strength and hope" after launching a ...
The Widow/Widower Support Group will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. for six consecutive Mondays. The sessions are free and open to anyone who has experienced the loss of a spouse. (L-R) Phyllis Norgard, the ...
Stelonyx Network, a socioeconomic development and support group with passion for the less privileged along with its partners have lifted widows, widowers, elderly and others in major parts of the ...
They?ve all lost a spouse, but when the group of young widows and widowers meets each month, that bond is often far from the topic of conversation. Instead, they share cooking tips, vacation stories, ...