The Powell River Compassionate Friends

02/23/2026

Our next meeting is tomorrow, Tuesday Feb 24@6:30. Message if you need our location.

02/22/2026

So so true. Just listen to their words.

We often think we should give advice to people in grief.
Tell them what to do.
How to feel.
But the truth is, people in grief can be our teachers.
What they really need is our presence.
How have you shown up for others in grief?

02/20/2026

I have found David Kesslers courses and the online “Tender Hearts” group very helpful. This is a free session on Understanding Traumatic Grief. 💙🦋

Why Your Loss Feels Different and What You Can Do About It A Free Live Event with David Kessler

02/20/2026

Our next meeting is Tuesday February 24 @ 6:30. Message, email or call for location. We need not walk alone. 🦋

02/19/2026

Pooh just seems to get it! It’s OK to feel all the feels.

When I am angry at my grief,
it’s because I feel cheated
out of a future I was still dreaming about.

Cheated out of conversations
we never got to finish.
Out of plans we never got to make.
Out of ordinary days
that suddenly became priceless.

I get angry because it wasn’t supposed to end like this.
Because there were birthdays still to celebrate,
memories still to create,
laughter still waiting to echo through the years.

I’m not angry at you.
I’m angry at the silence.
At the empty chair.
At the way the world kept moving
when mine felt like it stopped.

And when I am sad,
it’s because I miss you
more than words can carry.

I miss the sound of your voice.
The comfort of your presence.
The way you made everything
feel a little less heavy.

Some days the grief is quiet,
just a soft ache in the background.
Other days it rises without warning,
filling my chest until I can barely breathe.

But even in the anger,
even in the sadness,
there is love.

Grief is love
with nowhere to go.
It is the price of having held someone
so deeply in your heart
that their absence feels impossible.

If I am angry,
it’s because I wanted more time.
If I am sad,
it’s because I still do.

And maybe that’s what this ache really is —
proof that what we had mattered.
Proof that the love was real.
Proof that even loss
cannot undo
what we meant to each other.

Missing you always.
Loving you still. 🤍

02/19/2026

02/16/2026

Our hearts are with the Tumbler Ridge community.

In response to the recent Tumbler Ridge tragedy, BCBH, with the support of Community Action Initiative (CAI), is offering a community webinar focused on understanding grief at the individual, family, and community levels.

Grief following a tragedy may bring forward a wide range of emotions. This experience can feel overwhelming and deeply personal, while also impacting families, schools, workplaces, and the broader community. At times, people may feel unsure how to talk about what has happened or how to support one another.

This session will explore how grief may show up emotionally, physically, and socially; provide practical guidance for supporting yourself and others; and share information about available local resources.

Whether you were directly affected or are feeling the broader impact within the community, you are warmly welcome.

Session Details:

🌿 Grief in the Community After Tragedy

📅 Friday, February 20, 2026

🕐 7:00 PM (Pacific Time)

📍 Online via Zoom

🎟️ Free

👉 Register Here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/CKBVQrHiRC2mXoLR105MpQ #/registration

If you believe this session may be helpful to someone in your family, workplace, school, or community, we kindly encourage you to share this invitation so support can reach those who may need it most.

02/12/2026

It is a difficult concept to grasp and once we do we understand that more than one emotion can exist at the same time. Sending you a big hug today as you remember your child. 🦋💙

02/04/2026

It’s OK to hold several emotions at the same time. We do deserve to find Joy. 💙🌈

01/25/2026

So so true. So when you hear your friend, parent, sister, grandparent share their loved child’s name. Really we just want you to say, “I remember and I know how much you miss them” ❤️

I don’t share memories for attention… I share them because forgetting would hurt more. 🕯️🤍

When I post about my loved one,
it isn’t to invite sympathy,
or to hear words that fade by morning.
It’s because love doesn’t end
just because someone is no longer here.

I speak their name softly,
so the world doesn’t forget
that they once lived,
laughed,
and mattered more than words can explain.
I carry them with me—
in quiet nights,
in sudden tears,
in moments where my heart remembers
what my hands can no longer hold. 🌙

Grief is not weakness.
It’s love with nowhere to go.
And memory is how I keep that love breathing.
Every post,
every picture,
every word—
it’s my way of lighting a small lantern
so their presence never fades into silence. 🕯️✨

I don’t need pity.
I need remembrance.
I need to honor what shaped my heart,
what changed my life,
what still walks beside me
even if no one else can see it.

So if I share…
know that it’s not about the pain—
it’s about the love that survived it.
Because as long as I remember,
they are never truly gone. 🤍🕊️

01/24/2026

Thank you to the Peak for publishing this article in January 22nd paper “Prioritize your Health”.

01/24/2026

Thank you to the Peak for publishing this article in Jan 22, 2026 issue “Prioritizing your Heath”.

https://www.prpeak.com/living/viewpoint-learning-to-care-for-myself-after-the-unimaginable-11767548g

'Feeling our emotions is hard for humans in general, but they are exponentially harder for families suffering the loss of a child'