08/31/2026
Being featured in the Osprey Observer is an honor, but more importantly, it gives us another opportunity to explain why grief support matters.
Children do not simply “bounce back” after someone they love dies. Teens, young adults, and caregivers do not either. Grief changes families, and they deserve spaces where they can learn how to carry that loss without carrying it alone.
At Hand in Hand, families come together for a shared meal before children separate into age-appropriate groups using art, activities, storytelling, conversation, and peer connection. At the same time, caregivers receive support and tools for navigating their own grief while learning how to better support their children. There is no pressure to talk before someone is ready, and there is room for sadness, laughter, memories, frustration, and even joy to exist together.
That is why this works.
Grieving people need more than information. They need connection. They need consistency. They need to look across the room and realize, someone else understands this.
Our work now reaches families locally and beyond Florida, but the heart of the mission remains the same: creating community around children and families after loss.
Awareness matters because somewhere there is a grieving child, teenager, young adult, or caregiver who still does not know this kind of support exists.
**Your grief is welcome here. And you do not have to carry it alone.**
Check out July's feature here:
By Srishti Tripathi When Keisha Wheeler’s husband passed away, she was suddenly a widowed mother of seven navigating a world of profound loss. She quickly
