Grief and Loss Service of Northwest Florida

08/19/2026

Some days, you smile.
You go to work.
You answer texts.
You show up.
And still, your world feels completely different.
If this is your reality, you're not alone. There is no "right" way to grieve. 💙
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08/19/2026

When our brain thinks there may be an impending loss, we naturally begin to grieve.

That grief is the anticipatory grief.

In other words, it's the living grief, the grief before the death.

It can occur when we get a diagnosis, or with other losses when we think we're approaching an ending.

Have you experienced anticipatory grief?

08/19/2026

Being a non-profit we utilize various means to obtain income to keep us open. Our biggest source of income is covering bingo at Lucky's Bingo on Hwy 22. We cover 8 hours each week in 4 hour time slots on Thursday and Friday. Thursday is from 5 pm - 9 pm and Friday from 11 am - 3 pm. Saying that we are always in need for volunteers to cover those time slots. The volunteers do not need to do the full four hours, the shift can be broken into 2 hour slots if we have two volunteers to cover that shift.

What do you do while covering a shift? All that is required is signing in upon arrival and staying for the full time. During the time there volunteers can read, play bingo (it has a cost for some of the shifts), be on a phone or tablet, eat, hang out and people watch, or any other activity they enjoy. Some have brought knitting or crocheting while covering.

Please consider covering a shift. Contact Lynita Adams to sign up.

08/12/2026

I have heard many people question whether they could have done something to prevent their loved ones death. There was a post about that this morning from David Kessler related to su***de and it got me thinking about this topic.

This is a hard topic to deal with because we can see moments where we could have made a different choice and then we think that would have been the moment to save them. It sounds logical but it is also extremely painful. From the pragmatic side you will hear people say that when it is your time to go nothing will stop it from happening, but this doesn't help the emotional side. We continue to question. Some people will say that our loved on is in a better place and no longer hurting, this can offer some comfort, but we are still hurting.

If you are struggling with this, you are not alone. This can be comforting, but does not resolve the deeper issue of guilt, questioning, hurt, helplessness, etc... There are so many emotions attached to this, what are you feeling?

Do you have support?

We are here to help anyone struggling with their grief.

Send a message to learn more

08/12/2026

Andrea Magder shares in her article, "When Grief Becomes Invisible." To read the full article, visit https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/when-grief-becomes-invisible/.

08/12/2026

On Sundays, we share poems. For more resources on coping after a loss, and to connect with others who understand, join our community. Register for the AMF app today: https://healgrief.org/amf-app/ or hit the link in bio.

08/12/2026

08/05/2026

In the mid 20th century Abraham Maslow presented his theory of human motivation — what we refer to today as Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. In a nutshell, Maslow said that humans are motivated by different types of needs, beginning with the most basic like food, shelter, and safety. Once […]

08/05/2026

Many times in group we have talked about Acceptance. This is a hard concept for many grievers to fully embrace, including myself. I am not going to talk about accepting the death of your loved one but rather about what I read earlier from David Kessler. He highlighted the other acceptances that accompany a death. How acceptance is not all at once or all healing, but gradual, steps, one acceptance after another. My thought on this is that since grief knows no bounds then neither do the acceptances. There will continue to be things/moments to be accepted as we journey along our grief path. They may be simple, challenging, or just there. But regardless we have the choice to accept them or not. We have the choice to grieve as we want to or need to. Be gentle with yourself as these moments arise.