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GRIEF LINES

Our culture provides few spaces or rituals for us to express and share our stories of grief, even though such sharing is necessary for our healing. To address this need, I am facilitating an online workshop called Grief Lines, a safe and welcoming place to write about the grief you carry and to share your story with compassionate witnesses who are themselves bereaved.

My beloved son Jonah died following a car accident in 2013 when he was 29. It took me ten yers to write my grief memoir, Pine Melody. While writing the story of the accident and its aftermath, I discovered the ways that Jonah had became my spirit guide. Writing my way through this journey of loss and later speaking about it taught me something I now teach as a Certified Grief Educator–grief that is witnessed helps us make meaning.

This workshop is for anyone who carries grief– for a parent, child, partner, friend, pet, or a hoped-for outcome that never materialized. Whatever the source of your grief, you are welcome here.

Each session, I will provide the zoom group with a prompt about grief drawn from my memoir, Pine Melody. While everyone’s grief is individual, the prompts will touch on universal grief experiences. We’ll each write for 12-15 minutes. In small break-out groups, we’ll take turns reading what we have written. There is no need for discussion of the content, just gratitude for sharing your story with compassionate witnesses.

You are invited to join a cohort that will meet 3 times on consecutive Sunday afternoons beginning in December, 2026 for a special introductory rate of $36. After that, you can drop in for any scheduled session at $18 per session. Sessions will run from 3:30-5 p.m. EST.