Shoals Area Grief Support

01/03/2025

01/03/2025

Grief can be a lonely journey

They need you the most after the funeral.

Long after the casserole dishes are returned. Long after the obituary stops running in the local paper. Long after the flowers have wilted. Long after they come back to work.

This is the time they feel most alone.

In the days just after their loved one passed, they are overwhelmed with texts and visits. All coming at one time. A whirlwind. The reality of it all doesn’t set in yet. They are on auto pilot. Still numb with shock.

But then everyone goes on with life. And reality starts to set in. And the tears start to fall.

Social media posts of girls nights, concerts and birthdays come across their feed. People joking around at work. Others are making vacation plans. The rude awakening that life goes on after the worst day of their life sets in.

And they are feeling so alone.
Right now.
Long after the funeral.

This is when they need you most.

A card.
A shoulder to cry on.
A visit.
A memory to share.
A text.
A tight hug.

Please keep reaching out.

They will never forget that you were there for them. When they needed it the most.

12/30/2024

Officer Down 🥺

12/30/2024

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12/22/2024

Due to freezing temperatures and poor response, I’ve decided not to hold the Candlelight service this evening.
I still encourage anyone who may have planned to attend to take the opportunity to light a candle and reflect on the memory of your loved one/ones this evening but in the warmth and comfort of your own home.
I’m sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused and I wish you all the best this Holiday Season.
-Tina

12/16/2024

Why is moving forward so hard?

Because I have no other choice to step into another day without you in it.

So I dig my heels in. I don’t want to see another day with you absent.

Because it’s now an unfamiliar world. Unrecognizable with you not here.

When I look back you are still here. I don’t want to turn my back on you. Leave you behind.

And

In the days forward I will only have the memories.

I don’t want to get further from the day I still had you with me.

So I dig my heels in.

I don’t want to forget how your laugh sounded. Or our inside jokes.

Moving forward is frightening.

Why do I feel so rushed by people to be further than I am? Or want to be?

The only thing that brings me solace…the ONLY thing…

Is that..

Every day that passes. Every day I make it until the sun goes down.

Is one day

closer

to being with you again🧡

12/16/2024

I try to everyday 🤍