Parents helping Parents after the loss of a child
no matter the age of "child" or circumstance of death
Parents helping Parents after the loss of a child
no matter the age of "child" or circumstance of death
Broken Vessels - weekly meetings
Our meetings are open to any parent or grandparent. These are open and informal gatherings, with no agenda, no curriculum, just parents supporting other parents in their darkest time.
Thursday evenings 6:30 - 8:00
3503 Bowie Street
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church
(enter through the "Office" door on Bowie)
AFTER LOSING A CHILD, YOU MAY EXPERIENCE:
PHYSICAL REACTIONS
- Feel physically exhausted
- Have difficulty sleeping, do not want to go to sleep or get up
- Feel tightness in your throat, heaviness in your chest, or a lump in your stomach.
- Have respiratory reactions – excessive yawning, gasping, hyperventilating, and sighing.
- Have an empty feeling, no appetite.
EMOTIONAL REACTIONS
- Experience feelings of anxiety and deep depression.
- Feel you don’t want to go on
- Feel the loss isn’t real
- Think you are losing your mind
- Cry at unexpected times
- Say to yourself: “If only I had...” Keep asking: “Why?”
BEHAVIORAL REACTIONS
- Wander aimlessly
- Forget a thought in the middle of a sentence
- Neglect to finish tasks
- Feel restless
- Look for activity, but can’t concentrate
- Overcome with sudden reactions of denial and "this cannot be happening" thoughts
Grief-Specific Reactions
- Sense their presence by expecting them to walk in the door or answer the phone at the usual time
- Look for him or her in a crowd or see reminders unexpectedly
- Need to tell and retell and remember things about him or her and the experience of the death
- Feel able to cope and then fall back again – a see-saw or roller coaster type of reaction
Our Story
We, Greg and Kristi Tucker began this group out of a need we had after the death of our daughter, Sarah Marie Tucker. We visited several grief groups that were helpful to a point, but we just didn’t fit. The loss of a loved one is difficult, but the loss of a child hits another level. We did not want to diminish anyone’s grief, we just needed to be around others who understood the magnitude of the loss of a child, no matter the age or circumstance.
Sarah Marie Tucker
August 2001 - March 2018
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ONLINE DONATION
Broken Vessels is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, donations are tax-deductible. A record of your donation will be provided at year end.
Your support will assist families facing the unforeseen expenses associated with the loss of a child. No parent, regardless of income, is ever financially prepared for this loss.