By Christopher Lewis Durr’s father – George Durrfor Father’s Day 2026 Hello all you fathers out there. This is Christopher Lewis Durr’s father George Durr. February 9, 2026; exactly five years after I lost my only child, I woke up with a deep amount of sadness and...
You don’t have to carry this alone, come as you are and join others who understand If you’re grieving the death of a child, some days can feel impossibly heavy. The Compassionate Friends (TCF) has recently begun hosting webinars to offer steady, compassionate support....
Where Healing Hearts Meet Most people don’t understand your life anymore. They try— but they don’t live here. At the Gathering, you don’t have to explain why certain days are hard. You don’t have to edit your story. You don’t have to pretend you’re okay. You walk into...
Why “Swan Lessons” Is Relatable to Grieving Parents. Joyce’s book is an outstanding example of the struggles many single parents experience, yet all bereaved parents will readily relate to her grief journey. Her metaphors of grief, honest feelings of...
This Giving Tuesday, Honor Love, Honor Loss, and Honor Bereaved Parents with No Surviving Children Finding Their Way Forward For most, parenthood is a story filled with milestones—first steps, first birthdays, first days of school, weddings, grandchildren. But for...
Sitting at my desk on the Monday after leaving Lake Geneva, my phone started pinging with text messages from other moms I’d met at the Gathering at the Lake. They, too, were struggling to readjust to life after the lake. Some Personal Background In the four years...
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