Grief Lines Writing Workshops

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GRIEF LINES

Our culture seldom provides space or ritual for people to express and share their stories of grief. However, telling our stories of grief is necessary for our healing. To address this need, I am facilitating an on line workshop called Grief Lines, a confidential place to write about the grief you carry and to be witnessed compassionately by others who are also 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 relating the story of the accident and its aftermath, I discover that Jonah has became my spirit guide. Writing my way through this journey of loss has taught me something I now teach as a Certified Grief Educator–grief that is witnessed can help us find 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 drawn from the universal themes of Pine Melody. We’ll each write for 10-15 minutes. Then, in breakout groups of 4-5 people, we’ll take turns reading what we have written. There is no 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 for $60. After that, you can drop in for any scheduled session at $25 per session.