Our Support Group

I started going to the CARE Support Group after my life changed almost a year ago. After the worst experience of my life I learned to rely on the support group to help me to the next step of my grieving process.


Unfortunately, I can not turn back time to become


naive once again and think that every pregnancy brings a child into the world 9 months later. But, like many other mothers, my angel was taken much too quickly. This


support group has helped me move forward. This support group has become my support group, my strength to move forward.
When my life fell apart, I didn’t know how I would continue on. If I would tell you that one thing in my life has helped, it has been this support group and all the mothers and fathers involved. I know now that I’m not alone and that we each feel for each other and hurt with everyone’s loss. When I didn’t think anyone understood, the support group told me I wasn’t alone. They were suddenly my friends. I began to look forward to meeting with everyone to tell me that what I was feeling was normal.
The world has told us all to move on, maybe after a few weeks, or at most a month. The world forgets our loss. But the support group has reminded me that my loss will always be a part of my life. The support group has given me strength to have good days. Strength to move to the next anniversary of my loss or my due date. The support group knows and understands without having to explain why you are having bad days, weeks, months or even years later. I know I would not be here today without the support group.
I would like to invite each of you to come and join us at the support group. It will be the best decision you will make during the hardest time of your life. We are all in different stages in our grieving process but we become each others strength, and we all feel each others pain. Let us become your support group. Your strength. Your friend. And your shoulder to cry on.
Thank you to the support group and to everyone who makes it possible.



SUPPORT GROUP

MEETS EVERY 1ST TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH

FROM 6:30-8PM

SVRHC OLSON CONFERENCE ROOM

417-4557 FOR MORE INFORMATION

Infertility

 To follow up on a topic that was touched on at last nights group I found statistics and thought I would share. Please feel free to comment. How common is infertility? About 10-15% of women (6.1 million) in the United States ages 15-44 have difficulty getting pregnant or staying pregnant, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
 Infertility is defined as not being able to get pregnant despite having frequent, unprotected sex for at least a year.

Tear Jars

In ancient Greece, water was prized above all. Giving up water from one's own body, when crying tears for the dead, was considered a sacrifice. Tear Jars caught their precious tears, and their tears became holy water and could be used to sprinkle on doorways to keep out evil, or to cool the brow of a sick child. Tear Jars were kept unpainted until the owner had experienced the death of a parent, sibling, child, or spouse. After that the grieving person decorated the tear jar with intricate designs. This symbolized that they had not "gotten over" their grief, but rather, "grown through" it. they appreciate relationships and life more, and find meaning in the little things.

When a loved one dies, the resulting feelings of grief can be so painful that we tend to bury them, and they reamain unresolved. Feelings that are unresolved stay with us at all times, weighting us down. It takes courage to sit down and take them out one by one.

Grief is never forgotten!