Community Grief Support

05/11/2026

This last week, our community wrapped grieving mothers in so much love, and we are incredibly thankful. 🤍

What made this gathering so meaningful was not only the mothers who came, but the many who quietly helped make it possible behind the scenes.

Thank you to Janelle at Buzzin' Blooms for generously opening your beautiful flower farm and sharing its blooms with us and to Alie of AFSP Minnesota for sponsoring tulips.

Thank you to everyone who donated vases, put together gift bags, contributed remembrance items, brought treats and supplies, or offered small acts of care that helped each mother feel remembered and supported.

This is the power of community.

Showing up softly for one another.

Helping hold grief with tenderness and love.

Every flower, every candle, every thoughtful gesture mattered.

Thank you for helping create a space where mothers could feel seen, honored, and not alone. 🤍

Janelle Rosin Margaret Ann Morgan Betsy Baker Kim Zabel Brenda Morey Vert Margaret Mulligan Anne Meehan Wendy Byers - Edina Realty

05/10/2026

There is no perfect way to move through Mother’s Day - whether you are missing your mom, longing to become a mom, or aching for the child you carry in your heart.

There is only your way.

The way your heart survives it.

Quietly, tenderly, moment by moment.

And that is enough. 🤍

05/08/2026

Mother’s Day weekend can hold so many things at once—love and longing, beauty and ache, remembrance and gratitude.

Yesterday we gathered gently among the blooms to honor the children who are deeply loved and deeply missed. 🌷

“I am in every bloom you hold. In the moments that feel soft again, In the beauty that finds its way back to you, In the love that never stopped. You are still my mother. And I am still your child. Always.”

To every mother carrying both joy and sorrow this weekend—we see you. 🤍

05/07/2026

📚 Lending Library Highlight 📚

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

A quiet, powerful companion in grief. Didion gives language to the disorientation, the circling thoughts, the fragile hope, the ways love lingers after loss.

This is a book that doesn’t rush you.
It sits with you.
It understands.

📖 Not a guide.
📖 Not a fix.
📖 Just truth, held gently.

Available to borrow—whenever you need it. 🤍

05/06/2026

In a world that often asks us to carry on quietly, there is quiet courage in tending to what aches. There is beauty in letting love continue its expression, even through loss.

Where might your love be asking to flow today? 🤍

05/05/2026

Cup of Comfort ☕
Wednesday at 9:00 AM

A relaxed morning over coffee and tea where you can share, listen, or simply sit among others who understand.

No expectations. No pressure.

Just space to breathe, connect, and be.

✨ All in the Rochester community are welcome✨

Find warmth in connection—one cup at a time. ☕️

📍 The Library at Forte
3955 Superior Dr NW, Rochester
(First building on the right when you enter the driveway)

📞 507-205-9969 with any questions

05/04/2026

We are so grateful to share that Kim’s fundraiser, created in memory of her dad, has reached its goal of $2,016. 💛✨

Ten years.

A decade since April 2016 and the loss of a beloved father. Anniversaries like this carry deep sorrow and enduring love.

Look what love continues to do.

A reaching outward. A reminder that even in grief, there is connection, compassion, and care.

To the incredible friends and family who gave—thank you. You showed up in such a meaningful way.

Your support goes directly to Community Grief Support, a 100% volunteer-led organization. Because of you, we can continue to grow spaces where people feel seen, supported, and less alone in their grief.

In remembrance. In community. In action.

Together, we honor a life by caring for others. 💛

05/03/2026

Today, we hold you in love. 🤍

05/01/2026

Join us for Wednesday Office Hours this May 🤍

Stop by Community Grief Support MN to learn more about who we are and how we support those navigating grief.

• Learn about our grief support offerings
• Borrow a book from our lending library 📚
• Explore opportunities to volunteer or collaborate 🤝
• Simply connect in a welcoming, compassionate space

📍3269 19th Street NW, Suite 320 Rochester, MN 55901

📞 507.205.9969
🌐 CommunityGriefSupportMN.org
📧 [email protected]

Come as you are—we’d love to see you.

04/30/2026

Thank you, ABC 6 News - KAAL TV, for helping reach mothers searching for connection and a soft place to land after losing a child by su***de. We’re so grateful to shine a light on Always a Mother 🤍

A Rochester nonprofit is helping grieving mothers find connection and a soft place to land this Mother's Day.

04/29/2026

We had the honor of meeting Miss Angie and experiencing Miss Angie's Place for the first time. You can feel her heart in every corner. A space rooted in love, intention, and deep care for community.

Hearing her story, and the way she honors each of her daughters, including her angel Pearl, adds a layer of meaning that stays with you.

Miss Angie’s Place isn’t just a beautiful environment, it’s a living, breathing reflection of connection, creativity, and belonging. A place where art, nature, and well-being come together to hold people gently, just as they are.

We are so grateful for the opportunity to connect and are really looking forward to future collaborations.

Spaces like this matter. They make room for both joy and grief, for healing and for hope.🤍