Quakertown Chapter of The Compassionate Friends

Quakertown Chapter of The Compassionate Friends When your child dies, we are here to help. We have monthly peer-to-peer support group meetings and resources to companion you through grief, health and hope.

We know your pain and you are not alone. We are the Quakertown Chapter of The Compassionate Friends, a nationally renown nonprofit that offers support and resources to families whose child has died at any age from any cause. We are a peer-to-peer mutual support nonprofit chapter that is self-funding through donations from individuals, the community, and our Annual Memorial Walk and Butterfly Relea

se. When a child dies, a parent's world is turned upside down and the grief can be disabling and feel unsurvivable. The death of a child is a parent's worst nightmare but for us, the nightmare has become the reality. No one other than another bereaved parent can comprehend the depths of our mental, emotional, and physical health. That's why our chapter is here to support you. We understand. We "get it." We offer support group meetings on the second Tuesday of every month for parents, grandparents, and adult siblings at The Gathering Place, 351 West Broad Street, Quakertown, PA, from 7 PM - 8:30 PM. There are no costs whatsoever to attend meetings. You have already paid the ultimate price. If you have any questions or need any help, the best way to contact us is via email at [email protected]

06/13/2026

What have been the craziest / most undeniable signs you've gotten? Those things that made you believe without a doubt!
🔥Mine are in the comments.

🦋 IT ALL BEGINS AT 12 NOON TODAY. 👣
06/13/2026

🦋 IT ALL BEGINS AT 12 NOON TODAY. 👣

🦋 So very true.
06/12/2026

🦋 So very true.

🦋 Our chapter's volunteers were busy with new plantings at our Quakertown Chapter’s Memorial Garden. We thank those who ...
06/11/2026

🦋 Our chapter's volunteers were busy with new plantings at our Quakertown Chapter’s Memorial Garden. We thank those who donated money to purchase the plantings and we're grateful for the local business that donated all the mulch we needed. 🪴🌺🌼🌻

🦋 You're like this, right?
06/11/2026

🦋 You're like this, right?

05/16/2026

🦋 Loss still defines me 25 years later but not like it did three years after my child died. My grief evolved. I rewired ...
05/16/2026

🦋 Loss still defines me 25 years later but not like it did three years after my child died. My grief evolved. I rewired my entire being, learned to love a non-physical presence and found enormous joy living what I loved most about her.💜

Tonight, an old post I wrote for Still Standing Magazine came up on my feed. I clicked the link.

In a nutshell it read, ​“They say you should never let your loss define you... I AM a bereaved mother."

At the time, I was still navigating the strange, heavy landscape of early grief, trying to make sense of a world that felt increasingly distant from the one where he existed.

Back then, I concluded that this loss did define me. I needed it to. Because if it defined me, it meant he was real. It meant he was seen.

​Now, ten years in, I’m reflecting on that piece. Looking at the woman I am today... the way I live, my perspective, and the deep work I’ve done to unlearn, rewire, and intentionally find my way back to life, and even joy.

​Does this loss still define me? Yes.

​But the definition has changed.

​For a long time, we are told not to let grief define us because people assume "defined by loss" means being eternally broken, stuck, and devastated.

But I’ve learned we get to decide what it actually looks like amd means.

​Who I am today... the healing I continue to do, the trauma I’ve processed, and the way I show up in this world... is all because he lived. Because he died. Because I have had to walk through the fire of grief.

​Defining ourselves as bereaved parents doesn’t have to mean we are only defined by a "before" and "after." Or that we are forever broken (even though it may feel that way now).

It means we are people who can:

​❤️ Live full, vibrant lives while carrying big grief and a deep missing of them.

❤️ Laugh and experience happiness because we know the weight of the alternative.

❤️ Create positive ripples in the world as a secondary heartbeat for our children.

❤️ Learn to live with them in a brand-new way.

​In Year 3, I needed the definition to be what it was because I needed to feel and process the pain. It was my proof he was real... that this happened.

Now, after 10 years, my definition has changed and it's the foundation for how I honor him through my own living. It is no longer rooted in pain, but in life.

​We get to decide what it means to be a "bereaved parent." It doesn't have to be a life sentence of endless pain; it can be a lifelong evolution of love.

​My loss shaped every part of me, it changed my DNA, and it redefined my purpose. And today, I am still more than okay with that.

​Have you felt your own definition begin to change?

♥️🦋. Everything becomes before or after. It’s how we mark time.
05/11/2026

♥️🦋. Everything becomes before or after. It’s how we mark time.

♥️ We hold space for you.
05/10/2026

♥️ We hold space for you.

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