Our Philosophy

A person in grief does not have an illness that needs to be diagnosed and cured.
Mourning is a natural reaction to the loss of someone significant in our life.
Mourning is a process, a journey, not a one-time event.
Children, teens, and adults have the innate ability to work through the pain of grief and move toward healing.
Favorable circumstances and loving support can help move the process along.
Children and adults benefit from a relaxed, supportive environment with a peer group which has suffered similar losses.
Grieving children will often talk through or play out their concerns and fears if provided a safe, confidential, supportive environment.
Providing a family systems approach to grief support is essential to the emotional healing of children and adults.
A person’s feelings on the grief journey are their feelings. It isn’t up to us to talk them out of their feelings or to try to change the way they are feeling.

I don’t know what the answers are. I don’t even know what the questions are! But, I do know that if answers exist, they are here.

- One man in the Adult group

Our children will remember your care and friendship their entire lives. We are indebted to you all, and pray that your journeys through life will be blessed.

- A family saying goodbye to us

They feel safe and comfortable in opening up, where at home I think they feel like they have to be really strong for me. They’re afraid to tell me how they feel, because they don’t want to put anymore burden or grief on me.

- A mother of two

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Our Philosophy

A person in grief does not have an illness that needs to be diagnosed and cured.

Mourning is a natural reaction to the loss of someone significant in our life.

Mourning is a process, a journey, not a one-time event.

Children, teens, and adults have the innate ability to work through the pain of grief and move toward healing.

Favorable circumstances and loving support can help move the process along.

Children and adults benefit from a relaxed, supportive environment with a peer group which has suffered similar losses.

Grieving children will often talk through or play out their concerns and fears if provided a safe, confidential, supportive environment.

Providing a family systems approach to grief support is essential to the emotional healing of children and adults.

A person’s feelings on the grief journey are their feelings. It isn’t up to us to talk them out of their feelings or to try to change the way they are feeling.