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People Want to Talk

Date
May 1, 2012
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Kate's Club
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This weekend, I had a chance to visit friends who moved away a couple of years ago due to a work transfer. We talked about work, kids. and Kate’s Club.

One of these friends lost her Dad two years ago last month. She nodded in complete agreement when I mentioned Kate’s Club’s open model system – members may attend programs after long absences from the Clubhouse because grief comes in waves.  GRIEF COMES IN WAVES!  She experiences waves of grief brought on by the smallest things – a song or something her boys say that reminds her of her Dad.

Although our conversation about grief was short, I think she valued the opportunity to acknowledge the impact of her father’s death on her life. Like Cynthia at Kate’s Club always says, people want to talk about their grief experiences, they need someone to gently ask and intently listen.  

I strive to be the person who asks and listens.

Would you like to share your story? Please get in touch with Kate's Club! KC has free grief support with grief resources, grief counseling resources, grief training, and volunteer work in Atlanta and surrounding places in Georgia. Kate's Club is a growing nonprofit in Atlanta with grief specialists for kids and young adults going through bereavement. Our goal is to make a world where it is okay to grieve.

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