Sonnabend Grief Support

03/20/2026

This! ✨💚

03/17/2026

This is one of the many myths we’ve been socialized to believe.

You cannot emotionally heal from painful experiences by hiding, avoiding or talking yourself into “just moving on”.

Our true strength resides in our honestly, our willingness and our acknowledgment of the pain we feel.

Show up for yourself when you’re enduring loss and experiencing negative emotions.

It’s ok to cry. Let the tears and the words flow.

Your amazing heart is worth it and needs the release. 💚✨

03/11/2026

This goes for anyone.

We don’t choose loss, but we CAN choose emotional healing after loss. 💚

03/09/2026

There’s something about the promise of spring that has guided me on my healing path. 🌻

Wherever you are on your grief journey, I hope that more hours of sunlight, warmer days and the gentle breezes to come bring you comfort and inspiration. 💚

Emotional healing after loss is possible. ✨✨✨

03/03/2026

Contrary to what many of us are taught…there is no timeline for grief or for healing your pain. ✨

How long have you been carrying conflicting emotions from your losses?

Emotional healing is HOW you continue living life after loss. 💚

02/20/2026

Maybe the deepest pain
isn’t their absence,
but the love that keeps
looking for them.

It stays trapped in our hands,
in the words we never said,
in the gestures we postponed
because we thought
there would be time.

We wanted to say more,
do more,
hold on a little longer.
But silence
reached us first.

And so we end up speaking into the void,
sending thoughts, kisses, prayers
without really knowing where to send them.
In the end, we learn to trust
that love knows
how to find its own way.

Those we’ve lost
are no longer before our eyes,
but they continue to live
in who we’ve become.

And maybe the bond doesn’t break:
it changes shape.
It becomes memory,
it becomes an invisible presence,
it becomes love
that no longer needs
to be seen to exist.

— Alya Shaini
The book “Kisses from Heaven”

02/18/2026

Absolutely true. ❤️

02/16/2026

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Sharing Kindness and the Truro Council on Aging are honored to offer a free peer grief support group for adults who have experienced a death loss at any time in their lives. Facilitated by a licensed clinician and trained volunteer, this program provides an opportunity to share your feelings and connect with others who understand grief.

DETAILS:
• Meets on select Mondays from March-May
• 6-7:30 PM
• Truro Council on Aging, 7 Standish Way, North Truro

More info & registration at https://sharingkindness.org/grief-support-for-all-losses/

02/15/2026

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Parent Loss Retreat 🧡

Friday, March 13, 2026 from 10AM to 4PM

Join us at Hope Floats Healing and Wellness Center (4 Elm Street, Kingston, MA) for a relaxing and healing day-long retreat for adults who have lost a parent or caregiver. Led by Hope Floats staff and volunteers, enjoy a day of self-care, a nourishing afternoon meal, and mini healing treatments given by our certified and talented practitioners.

Pre-registration is required. Limited space! First come, first serve.

TO REGISTER: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/h6r7zxn

02/13/2026

Grief is about LOVE.
Healing is about CONNECTION.
Look what happens when we make room for our emotions to be SHARED and EXPRESSED. 💚

02/13/2026

"You cannot heal the people you love.
You can't make their decision.
You can't save them.
But you can promise to stand by them.
You can give your guidance.
Ultimately, their path is theirs.

~ Laura Jean Truman ~

Artwork by: Kaila Lance"