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...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.
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NEXT
MEETINGS |
16 FEBRUARY
15 MARCH
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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
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Precious Remnants
My parents and sister long to talk,
to hear of things that were and are of me.
Isn’t there a little memory place
in your heart to tell and share?
I lived to be 19 and one-half, and touched
many of your lives, you see.
Bring a smile and a hug, “precious
remnants” of me to show them
that you care.
- -Jan Dietzman
Where Are All The Butterflies?
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COMING UP IN FEBRUARY…
Our child’s belongings
- a lot of people think that we are “morbid” for keeping
our child’s belongings and it keeps us from “getting
over it”. Come share your story and one of those belongings
if you would like with the group.
Bring a picture of your child to share with the group during our
sharing session.
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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
Virginia Gallian - 940-387-5767
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medical accident
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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
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