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* A Program To Promote Understanding And Acceptance Of Grief & Loss * * Loss encounters many years of tears. It is our mission to help promote a different way to look at our tears and see things in a whole new perspective. Tears are cried for many different emotions. If we could catch them in a jar and add color, they would probably resemble a jar of jellybeans. A different color for every emotion we have felt. * As we look at the jar, we will see something worth trying. We can reach into the jar and take some. The flavors will bring us back for more and make us want to share with others. Before we know it, the jar will be empty and we will be able to look straight through to the other side. There will be clarity and understanding. We will see the jellybeans are gone and begin to understand we can look beyond the jar! * Our "Years Of Tears" program is designed to help bring understanding and acceptance to difficult encounters with grief and loss. We recommend this program for small groups who are trying to network as a support group and help each other through a personal journey of grief. If you would like to have us as a guest speaker in your program, please email admin@heavenlyheart.org. *
* 8 * * ** There is no promise of a better tomorrow. At least that is how we feel when grief and loss overcomes us. We cannot see anything through our tears or even begin to understand why and how this could have happened. We become angry and find ourselves helpless in the middle of our own anguish. Nothing makes us happy and no one understands our pain. We move forward with reluctance to feel anything again. We realize that love carriers the burden of loss as we face our journey through grief. * Tears are like rain. They overtake us within minutes and we feel like we are drowning. As fast as we wipe them away, there is more. Sometimes it appears as though the drops will never stop and we will not see clearly again. * Just like the rain, our tears eventually get less and less. We begin to understand the cycle of life as we welcome new changes. Although we move slowly, we move towards a new beginning. We learn how to share our tears with those around us in our most difficult moments. Eventually, we find ourselves on the other side of the storm. We look ahead with acceptance and behind us for understanding.
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Children are just like adults. They, too, feel all the same emotions. The best medicine we can offer a child is the courage to talk about their emotions and help them understand their feelings and thoughts. We must encourage them to talk with friends and family as a way to express their emotions. Although it may appear that a child is doing fine, we may start to sense their need to talk when we observe unusual behaviors. By providing them with that opportunity may render a potential problem. * * * * * *
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