Planned Choices Women's Resource Center

12/23/2025

Merry Christmas, see you in January!

12/17/2025

*Blessing Box Update* Christmas Outfits have been placed! 4517 Allen Rd in Allen Park🎄

12/03/2025

Still Available @ 4517 Allen Park

*Blessing Box Update* Childrens hats & gloves are available at 4517 Allen Road in Allen Park. ❤️One per child, please.❤️ Also, 4 cans of formula still remain.

11/27/2025

11/16/2025

Recently launched in Wayne County. See if your city is listed!

Rx Kids is the first-ever community-wide cash prescription program for pregnant moms and babies. Rx Kids provides all pregnant moms in the City of Flint with no-strings-attached cash of $1,500 during pregnancy and $500 each month throughout a baby’s first year.

11/12/2025

*Blessing Box Update* Childrens hats & gloves are available at 4517 Allen Road in Allen Park. ❤️One per child, please.❤️ Also, 4 cans of formula still remain.

11/05/2025

*Blessing Box Update* Available at 4317 Allen Rd in Allen Park

11/01/2025

Thursday, November 6: Teenagers travel for free and we would be happy to sponsor a few adults who want to go! Message our page for more details.

Next Stop: Michigan March for Life! 📣
Get all the travel details you need to register and save your seat on a bus!
🚌 RSVP: rtl.org/event/michigan-march-for-life/
🚍 Registered Buses: marchforlife.org/mi-bus/

Hosted by: Right to Life of Michigan + March for Life

10/29/2025

🎃BLESSING BOX UPDATE🎃 We have Halloween costumes sized 6 months to 3t available! 4517 Allen Road in Allen Park

10/22/2025

We still have sizes 1-3 diapers available in our Blessing Box AND a bag of cloth diapers too!! 4517 Allen Rd in Allen Park ❤️ *one pack per family please

10/19/2025

Good information!

When Grief Shows Up as Anger

Grief doesn’t always look like sadness or tears. Sometimes, it comes out as frustration, irritability, or even anger. This happens because anger often feels safer than the deep vulnerability of loss. It’s the brain’s way of protecting us from pain that feels too big to handle all at once.

For adults and children alike, anger can be a mask for heartbreak, confusion, or fear. When we yell, withdraw, or feel on edge, it might actually be grief asking to be felt. Recognizing this connection helps us respond with compassion rather than guilt or shame.

Healthy coping begins with noticing—pausing to ask ourselves, “What’s underneath this anger?” Naming the emotion (“I’m angry because I miss them,” or “I’m angry because this feels unfair”) helps diffuse the intensity and brings clarity.

We can model this for our children by showing them what it looks like to process difficult emotions safely. Instead of hiding anger, we can express it in words, take deep breaths, journal, or go for a walk. We can say things like, “I’m feeling angry right now because I’m really sad. I’m going to take a minute to calm down.”

When children see us name and manage our emotions with gentleness, they learn that anger isn’t something to fear—it’s something to understand. Through this, grief becomes not just something to survive, but something we can move through together with love and empathy.
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