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Understanding your feelings and helping yourself to heal...
You have lost a loved one and your sense of loss may be profound,
leaving you wondering how you are going to get through
the day and months ahead. You ask yourself if you can deal with the myriad of
feelings you are now experiencing, and wondering if time by itself heals.
It is important to know that we live in a culture that
has only begun to better acknowledge that healing from a loss is not a
passive event to be experienced alone. Some may need to do more than waiting
for healing to take place. Grief is the normal internal recognition that
something has changed in you life, and perhaps that "something" is major.
Grief is an emotional and spiritual process that requires a working through
in order to get to the other side. While it is up to each person to do their
own work, it can be very helpful to allow fellow companions to be with, to
share, to empathize, and to support the mourner.
Discovery and Reconciliation
With this in mind Martha & Mary Health Services continues to offer
bereavement education and support in a comfortable and confidential setting.
Our group for the winter of 2009 will meet on Mondays, between 5:00-6:30
P.M. We are now taking applicants. Should you desire it, we would
like to help you out your feelings and learn what the work of grief is about
that leads to healing and a renewed outlook of life. There is a minimal fee
of $30.00, which includes two workbooks that provide structure, insight, and
direction to the progression of each meeting, as well as to the process of
reconciliation and healing.
What to expect...
- Week 1: Bridge-building
- Week 2: Recognizing your loss
- Week 3: Dispelling myths
- Week 4: The uniqueness of your grief
- Week 5: The landscape of your grief
- Week 6: Understanding mixed feelings
- Week 7: A pathway to reconciliation
- Week 8: Nurturing yourself
- Week 9: Looking ahead
- Week 10:Transitions
The support groups are facilitated by Ernie McCluskey, Board-certified
grief and bereavement educator and Director of Spiritual Care at Martha &
Mary. Inquiries may be made by call the Spiritual Care Office at (360)
394-4020.
Hey parents! Cook Family Funeral Home is again handing out some really great FREE MCGruff "Safety First" Halloween bags for the kids! Swing by anytime in October
2012, during regular business hours, and pick up yours! Also available at The Bainbridge Performing Arts Center, Bainbridge Cinemas and The Bainbridge Island and Poulsbo Chamber offices and Chamber Events! We will also have them available at the Annual Downtown Festivities on Halloween! Keep Safe and have a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Please join us for our annual US Marine Corps -"Toys
For Tots" Campaign
Cook Family Funeral Home sponsors the US Marine Corps Toys For Tots
program during the holiday season. In 2009 over 400 new toys were
received by the community and given to children in need. The 2012 Toy
Drive will begin November 21 and end December 23rd. There is a
larger need this year to help needy children. Please bring your toy
donations to the funeral home. We will also be collecting funds and food
to benefit The Helpline House on Bainbridge Island and Fishline in Poulsbo.
We also invite you to join us on Saturday, December 15, 2012 at
10:30 AM for our FREE "Toys For Tots" screening of a traditional family
favorite movie (TBA).
A toy or financial donation to The US Marine Corp "Toys For Tots" is appreciated. You may also make a financial or food donation to The Helpline House on Bainbridge Island. See You There and Happy Holidays!
