[Magdalen] Ministry of Consolation

[Ann Markle]

Jay, you might consider Compassionate Friends, a group for parents whose
children (even adult children) have died (by many means, not just
accidentally).  In our area, it's a monthly self-help group, but was
facilitated by someone from the local grief center, so not completely
self-help.  I attended monthly for a year, and found it very helpful --
then I didn't seem to need it, but I was also in weekly therapy.  I wonder
if the VA might offer anything for loved ones of vets?  I pray for you, as
I know how awful it is, and worse after 6 weeks than after 6 days....

Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> That is really good, Jim. I'm not sure what I'm doing right now, dealing
> with mine. My daughter needs it worse, though. She is not doing well with
> her grief and it's piled up on her....her dad, her Nana, and her brother
> with whom she was very close, and then on top of that, the boy she
> literally grew up with. And she's not one to accept help easily.
>