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Other Local Resources
Local Support Groups
North Side
Family Hospice and Palliative Care, Bidwell Presbyterian Church, 1025 Liverpool, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., the third Monday of each month. Free and open to the public. Preregister at 412-572-8829.
Monroeville
Grief Share - meets Monday nights 6:30 PM-7:30 PM. Monroeville Assembly of God Room 103. Facilitated by:Sandi Rop. Christ-centered perspective. Each grief share session includes a video seminar and group discussion. Free and open to the public. Preregister at: 412-856-7900 ext. 23
Pittsburgh Area
Forbes Hospice. Various times and locations. Call Kevin Henry, Bereavement Coordinator for times and locations at (412) 325-7200
Armstrong County
Overdose and Suicide Integrated Support Group (OASIS). Second Tuesday of every month, 7:00 p.m. Conference Room 2, second floor Armstrong County Memorial Hospital, Kittanning. To preregister, call Jolene at 724-431-3520. Registration is recommended, but not required. The group is open to residents who live inside and outside of Armstrong County.
A Poem by Jane Kenyon
What Came to Me
I took the lastdusty piece of china
out of the barrel.
It was your gravy boat,
with a hard, brown
drop of gravy still
on the porcelain lip.
I grieved for you then
as I never had before.
Keys To Healing
Tell your story.
Give yourself time to feel.
Talk about the person you have lost.
Reach out to others.
Don't place time limits on your grief.
Build new rituals and traditions.
Write about your loss.
Use art or music as expression.
Find ways to commemorate.
Relieve stress in healthy ways.
Embrace change.
Recreate what is meaningful.
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The life cycle is full of joy and accomplishment--birth, first steps, school, graduations, work, marriage, raising a family, retirement. Or so we believe it should be. What happens when loss and grief interrupt the natural flow of life? When family, friends, or significant people in our lives die. Life's assumptions and expectations suddenly dissolve. What was meaningful yesterday, is a painful emptiness today. Life is turned upside down, unanchored, out of balance. Anger, denial, deep sadness, regret, guilt, even depression and anxiety can overwhelm and keep us stuck, with no relief in sight. Often, we feel like an outsider in our own homes, our workplaces, our religious congregations, among friends, neighbors, and just about anywhere. Each of us moves through the process of grief in our own way and in our own time. 
