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WELCOME...to
those of you who are receiving this newsletter for the first time
and to our regular members. We are a self-help organization offering
nonjudgmental friendship and understanding to bereaved parents, grandparents,
and siblings. Bereaved Parents' purpose is to aid these persons in
the positive resolution of their grief and to foster their physical
and emotional health. Our chapter meets in a donated church facility,
but no religious creed or affiliation is involved. Persons of all
faiths (or no faith), creeds, and races are welcome! We have no dues,
and no one is required to speak at any meeting. Listening is OK. If
you need us, we're here for you. If you do not need help yourself,
please bring your compassionate understanding to those who need the
support of other bereaved parents, siblings, or grandparents. |
NEXT
MEETINGS |
15 SEPTEMBER
20 OCTOBER
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The Bereaved Parents of North
Texas meets regularly on the third Monday of each month at 7:15
pm in the Flynn Hall Lounge of the First United Methodist Church,
201 S. Locust Street, Denton, Texas. (For directions, please see the
map on the back page.) Baby-sitting available, SEE BELOW: |
BABY-SITTING
AT BPNT MEETINGS? |
Parents who need babysitting
at our monthly meetings should contact Deana Ferguson by the end
of the 2nd Monday of each month for our 3rd Monday meetings so sitter
arrangements can be made. Contact her at:
940-382-5478
or email auralie@evl.net |
CHAPTER OFFICERS
Moderator . . . Shannon Ratliff-Johnson
& Virginia Gallian
Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shirley
Ottman
Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Richardson
Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. .Bob Ottman
Newsletter Editor . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beth Reynolds
Greeters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Virgie
Richardson
Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .Louise Ferry |
COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER…
Our annual balloon release on the
15th --- The Bereaved Parent's of NT will release balloons in
memory of our children. Come to write a loving note to your child,
attach it to a colorful balloon and watch it ascend. We can listen
to our hearts and to the music. We'll join hands and be reminded
that we, too, are not traveling this road alone but that we have
each other's support on our grief journey.
Remember, "A hug is the perfect
gift - one size fits all, and nobody minds if you exchange it."
(Ivern Ball)
After the balloon ceremony, we will
return to our meeting room and share the ways we are coping.
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| LOVING LISTENERS... |
Your telephone links you
to a loving listener. Do you need to talk about your child's life
and death with someone who truly understands your anguish? Those
listed below have volunteered to listen and to try to help you.
By allowing others to help you, you also are helping others. If
no one answers at one number, please call another. Give us a call.
It helps to talk!
Shirley &
RD Cawyer - 940-668-7717 -
auto/train accident
Beth Reynolds
- 940-321-3302
- auto accident
Dale &
Shannon Johnson - 940-591-8539
-
stillbirth
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Our Credo
We are the parents whose
children have died. We are the grandparents who have buried grandchildren.
We are the siblings whose brothers and sisters no longer walk
with us through life. We come together as Bereaved Parents of
the USA to provide a haven where all bereaved families can meet
and share our long and arduous grief journeys. We attend monthly
gatherings whenever we can and for as long as we believe necessary.
We share our fears, confusion, anger, guilt, frustrations, emptiness
and feelings of hopelessness so that hope can be found anew. As
we accept, support, comfort and encourage each other, we demonstrate
to each other that survival is possible. Together we celebrate
the lives of our children, share the joys and triumphs as well
as the love that will never fade. Together we learn how little
it matters where we live, what our color or our affluence is or
what faith we uphold as we confront the tragedies of our children's
deaths. Together, strengthened by the bonds we forge at our gatherings,
we offer what we have learned to each other and to every more
recently bereaved family. We are the Bereaved Parents of the USA.
We welcome
you. |
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