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 July 20-22, 2008  Walk to Remember  World Wide Candle Lighting Ceremony December 7, 2008 Plano Chapter of The Compassionate Friends Meets every 4th Tuesday at 7PM at the Christ United Methodist Church |
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Members List:
Favorite Links
Leader:
Cathy
Steering Committee:
Sue
TCF NATIONAL WEBSITE TCF WALK TO REMEMBER WORLD WIDE CANDLE LIGHTING SER GRIEFNET- FIFTY EMAIL SUPPORT
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Wylie, Texas 75098
Please contact:
meets on the third Tuesday of every month
at the Wylie United Methodist Church
1401 FM 1378, Wylie, TX 75098
Meetings begin at 7:00 pm and last until approximately 8:30 pm
Email Cathy
Email Sue
for more information
The mission of The Compassionate Friends is to assist families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age and to provide information to help others be supportive.
The Compassionate Friends is a national nonprofit, self-help support organization that offers friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings. There is no religious affiliation and there are no membership dues or fees.
The secret of TCF's success is simple: As seasoned grievers reach out to the newly bereaved, energy that has been directed inward begins to flow outward and both are helped to heal. The vision of The Compassionate Friends is that everyone who needs us will find us and everyone who finds us will be helped.
The Compassionate Friends of Wylie is a non-profit, self-help support group for bereaved parents. We are living the pain and despair brought by the loss of a loved one and have found understanding and friendship as we share our hurts and our joys through non-denominational fellowship. The mission of The Compassionate Friends is to assist families in the positive resolution following the death of a child and to provide information to help others be supportive.
I'll lend you for a little time, a child of Mine," He said, "For you to love the while he lives, and mourn when he is dead. It may be six or seven years, or twenty-two or three, But will you, till I call him back, take care of him for Me? He'll bring his charms to gladden you, and should his stay be brief, You'll have his lovely memories as solace for your grief. I cannot promise he will stay, since all from earth return, But there are lessons taught down there I want this child to learn. I've looked the wide world over in My search for teachers true. And from the throngs that crowd life's lanes I have selected you. Now will you give him all your love, nor think the labor vain, Nor hate Me when I come to call to take him home again!" We fancied that we heard them say, "Dear Lord, Thy will be done! For all the joy Thy child shall bring, the risk of grief we'll run. We'll shelter him with tenderness, we'll love him while we may, And for the happiness we've known, forever grateful stay; But should the angels call for him much sooner than we've planned, We'll brave the bitter grief that comes and try to understand." -- Edgar A. Guest
Since the early centuries, the butterfly has symbolized renewed life. The caterpillar signifies life here on earth; the cocoon, death; and the butterfly, the emergence of the dead into a new, beautiful and freer existence. Many members of The Compassionate Friends embrace the butterfly a symbol--a sign of hope to them that their children are living in another dimension with greater beauty and freedom-- a comforting thought to many.
TCF National Conference 2007, OKC
Memory Walk Gathering
Memory Boards
Our precious children, gone too soon
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