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Many people seek out grief support groups to attend. This particular grief group that I was running for a hospice society had ten people attending. Normally it is best for one member of the family to take a group by themselves. They may then feel more free to say things that they may not share in front of other family members. However, I had interviewed this young couple before the group had started who insisted that they take the program together.
“Their reasoning was simple, knowing the statistics for marriage break up after the loss of a child made them determined that they were going to make it together through the grieving process”
Their reasoning was simple, knowing the statistic for marriage break up after the loss of a child made them determined that they were going to make it together through the grieving process. The child they loss was their first one and was only two months old when she died from SIDS. To show just how determined these two were, they had signed up for two other programs, one with a bereavement society and the second with Compassionate Friends.
Mike and Jen were determined that they learn as much as they could about grief and what they could do for each other. Even though they knew that they would grieve differently and at different times they felt the best way for them to stay together was to attend as many grief support programs as they could.
Tools
Attend support groups (as many as feel you can).
Learn all you can about the grieving process.
Seek support, whether with long time friends or join groups and make new friends.
