BY MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
The loss of a spouse or loved one is hard on anyone, and Grief Share aims to help.
The Loss of a Spouse seminar, an introductory seminar to the Grief Share program, will be held Sunday at Brookdale Church in St. Joseph.
Program volunteer Mary Noel Owens found the program when she lost her first husband. It helped her through the grief. She returned to the program in 2017 after losing her second husband. . .
"I can't even begin to tell you how much it helped me, to find people that are going through the same thing you are, that really understand where you are is such a great help because you feel so alone," Owens says. "And then you meet this group, and suddenly you have somebody else that really understands where you are."
Grief Share has helped many over the years to get through the pain of losing a loved one, and find joy on the other side of the loss through a 13-week program.
Volunteer leader Debbie Lyons says the title of the book used in the program is "Your journey from mourning to joy." Lyons says while joy seems impossible, it is possible.
"It's hard to believe that you can find joy going through a mourning process, a grieving process," Lyons says. "But i'm here to tell you after three years, you can find joy, it's hard work, it takes a lot of time, it's very lonely, but yet we have a tribe of support."
An introduction to the Grief Share seminar, called Loss of a Spouse, will begin on Sunday afternoon at two o’clock at the Brookdale Church in St. Joseph.
The Grief Share program begins September 9th, with sessions at 10am OR 6pm, running on Thursdays at the Brookdale Church. You can find more information HERE