Ray of Hope: Grief Care

Ray of Hope: Grief Care Ray of Hope: Grief Care serves children and adults who have lost a loved one. We aim to offer hope and healing along your grief journey.

Mother’s Day has been a struggle for me for many years. If you have also lost your mom, GriefShare has a book and video ...
04/27/2026

Mother’s Day has been a struggle for me for many years. If you have also lost your mom, GriefShare has a book and video that will comfort you and allow you to see that others are struggling in similar ways. Don’t grieve alone, there is a community of grievers waiting to walk alongside you on your grief journey.

https://landing.griefshare.org/living-without-mom

03/04/2026

1 in 4.

Which means if you’re in a room with four women…
one of us is carrying a grief you can’t see.

One of us has lost a baby.
Or lost the version of our life we thought we’d have.
Or heard silence where there should’ve been a heartbeat.
Or sat on a bathroom floor, staring at a test, already loving someone the world never got to meet.

And you wouldn’t know it.

Because we still show up.
We still smile.
We still answer, “I’m good.”
We still celebrate other people’s milestones while quietly holding our own ache.

1 in 4 means the statistic isn’t distant.
It isn’t rare.
It isn’t “someone else.”

It’s your sister.
Your best friend.
Your coworker.
The mom standing next to you at pickup.
The woman laughing at the table.

Maybe it’s you.

Grief doesn’t always look like tears.
Sometimes it looks like strength.
Sometimes it looks like silence.
Sometimes it looks like carrying on, because the world didn’t stop, even though yours did.

If you’re the 1 in 4, you are not alone.
Your loss matters.
Your baby mattered.
Your grief is real, even if no one else saw it.

And if you’re not?

Love the women around you gently.
Because one of us is carrying something heavier than you know.

©️Momming On Empty

12/25/2025

A few years ago, you probably found yourself complaining about the hectic nature of the holidays. There were numerous programs to sit through ...

You don’t need to grieve alone. Register for an ONLINE GriefShare support group. The workbook will be mailed to you and ...
12/17/2025

You don’t need to grieve alone. Register for an ONLINE GriefShare support group. The workbook will be mailed to you and a link to participate will be sent to your email. Register by December 23rd to get your workbook before the group starts.

https://find.griefshare.org/groups/283915

Join us every Tuesday from January 6, 2026 to March 31, 2026 from 6-8pm EST.

For many grieving people, the start of a new year doesn’t bring hope. It brings dread.The calendar turns, but their loss...
12/15/2025

For many grieving people, the start of a new year doesn’t bring hope. It brings dread.

The calendar turns, but their loss hasn’t. While others resolve to chase goals, those in grief continue to struggle to get out of bed, answer a text, or make it through a church service without tears.

The weeks after the holidays are some of the hardest—and most overlooked—for those mourning the death of a loved one.

A fresh start sometimes feels more like another loss.

The new year can feel cruel to someone in grief. The pressure to cultivate productivity, set goals, or return to normal only emphasizes how not normal life is without their loved one.

Some quietly wrestle with:

* “How do I live the rest of my life without them?”
* “Why am I still hurting this much?”
* “Is there something wrong with me?”

Others simply feel numb—drifting from one day to the next, unsure how to reenter life.

The structure of the holidays (as painful as they were) is gone. And so are the people who reached out during December.

The grief still remains.

For many grieving people, joining a GriefShare group is the moment they realize they’re not alone in their pain, they’re not going crazy, and—perhaps most importantly—God hasn’t abandoned them.

Join us for a GriefShare group, ONLINE from the comfort of home. There’s no need to drive on winter roads in the dark, just grab your tablet, laptop or smartphone equipped with a built-in camera, microphone and speakers. Download the Zoom app and register for this 13 week grief support group. We’ll gather online each Tuesday from 6-8pm EST starting January 6, 2026 through the end of March.

https://find.griefshare.org/groups/283915

12/15/2025

Thinking about all our children that won’t be here to celebrate the Christmas holidays with us. We miss you and love you so very much. You will never be forgotten.

12/15/2025

Memories are the places we return to
long after someone is no longer here.
They outlive goodbye.
They outlast choice, distance, and death.
They are the only thing that can carry a voice
across time,
the only way a laugh can still find us
when the room is quiet.

A memory takes you back
without asking permission.
It brings back the weight of a hand you once held,
the exact sound of their voice,
the way they looked at you
when no one else was watching.
And somehow,
even when everything else is gone,
that stays.

Memories are not fragile.
They are generous.
They keep giving long after the person
who gave them is gone.

They are made in ordinary moments
shared glances, inside jokes,
late-night conversations,
secrets trusted and held with care.
They are built quietly,
without us realizing
we are making something permanent.

Maybe that is the point.
That love leaves evidence.
That time well spent becomes something tangible
when there is nothing left to reach for.

Our memories are our gift to the people we love,
and theirs to us,
something neither time nor absence can take away.

So make more of them.
Now.
While you still can.
Stay longer.
Laugh harder.
Choose presence over hurry.

And hold tightly to the memories you already have,
because they are beautiful,
and they are wonderful,
and they will one day be
what carries you forward
when you can no longer go back.

xo
Gabby

You can find this poem here:
https://www.thehospiceheart.net/post/when-love-leaves-evidence

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