WE ARE SORRY about your loss 💛

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August 2, 2025
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THIS GROUP IS OPEN TO ALL GRIEVERS NO MATTER HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN [years,days].

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Grief & Loss Team 🤗

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SummerOnTheWay1Author

📎 Dear MC @mc6844 , you have stopped by over the YEARS to support us!!! Thank you SO MUCH 💛🤗

mc6844

Community Champion ⭐⭐

Thank you! I care about you all too.

SummerOnTheWay1Author

@DenaAria , SO GLAD you stopped by to see us!!! 💛🤗

mc6844

Community Champion ⭐⭐

I am back here at this wonderful group. It's been 3 yrs for me. I've been wanting to move. Except don't feel physically up to it. I'm looking into other options. I remember everyone from the group and hope both old and new are finding hope and help. Thank you for all your support along the way. It's easy to drop in here, no appointments etc.

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PaulW643687

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Would like to join this group husband passed away 2 months ago

SummerOnTheWay1Author

[6/30/26] Dear Paul @PaulW643687 , WE hope you will stop by AGAIN to see us!!!

Grief & Loss Team ‌🤗‌

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NonieS198048

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I am approaching 84. Six months ago I lost my oldest son. Since then, I have done some brief support groups. I was in good health on my age. But all of a sudden, I am faced with a cluster of disturbing physical conditions. I feel like a century since my son died. I want to be in a group to just talk about it.

agoyer

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@NonieS198048

I'm so very sorry for your loss. I can't image how it must feel to lose your son right now. It's a shock and it must feel like your safety net has been pulled away in some ways. The grief and missing him is so intense I'm sure. Grief is hard on us on every level - mentally, physically, emotionally. And it affects our health. That may be a factor in terms of our recent challenges with multiple physcal conditions.

I'm glad to hear you've done some brief stints in grief support, and I agree it could be extremely helpful for you to be in an ongoing group to to get support and and be able to talk about what you're going through.

Unfortunately, AARP doesn't currently offer a grief support group - just the online grief community here on the AARP Online Community. But I think a virtual or in person group could be marvelous for you.

Now - to find one...here are a few options off the top of my head...

I am currently coordinating virtual AARP caregiver support groups and we are using a platform called HeyPeers. I did a search and they have a number of grief and bereavement support groups. You can find them listed here: https://www.heypeers.com/meetings. On the right side of the screen, you'll see categories. Check the box for "Grief and Loss" and then it will filter all the groups for those that offer grief support. they are offered (free I think - at least some of them) and you can subscribe and register for them there by clicking on a specific group meeting then you will be able to sign up for multipe meetings. these meetings are virtual - so you'll need to use your computer or smartphone.But I have found that the virtual groups are incredibly helpul and effective .
Another virtual option are groups offered by Duet - an organization in Phoenix, Arizona but they are open to people across the country. I have personal experience with this organizaion and have observed their groups and they are good quality. Here is the link: https://duetaz.org/support-groups/ (they are geared for people who have formerly been caregivers for loved ones).
There is an organization called GriefShare. they do virtual and in person support groups. They work with a network of faith-based organizations across the country to "host" the meetings, but my understanding is tthat you need not be a member of a specific faith group to participate. it is a multiple week program. I know people who have attended and found it helpful. https://www.griefshare.org/?srsltid=AfmBOor1cPdC8AwLfOVidaDduZDCXEr9gUpWpJYmFAnaGkfzTpjzPyjv
Last option I want to share is to contact a local hospice organization and/or funeral home and ask if they have a list of local grief support groups. They often have a list of organizations you can contact.

Also please be aware there is a section of the AARP website with Grief and Loss resources and articles that might be helpful to you at: www.AARP.org/griefandloss

I hope between all of these options you can find a good fit for you.

Please let me know how else I can be helpful! My heart goes out to you. there are caring people out there who can support and helpful. We juist need to get you connected. Isolation is bad for your health - not just mental health - physical health too. Let's get you connected!

One day at a time. 😍

Take care,

Amy

SummerOnTheWay1Author

🇺🇲 On Memorial Day, many families across the U.S. will remember the lives of their loved ones who made the ultimate SACRIFICE while serving in the MILITARY.

*** I am SO SORRY for YOUR loss!!! 😞

Luv,

Nicole 🤗🤗🤗 (Grief Forum)

WebWiseWoman

Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐

Nicole, it's not just U.S. families, but citizens around the world who have lost loved ones/family... It needs to recognized that others are being lost every day to wars, many recent, with our U.S. hands involved...

5th generation military family here...

denese

SummerOnTheWay1Author

[5/27/26] @BocaWoman , SO GLAD you stopped by to see us!!! 🤗💛

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BocaWoman

Contributor ⭐

In August, my husband of 26 years fell down the stairs of our new Florida apartment and died five days after we moved here. I cry everyday!!!

Sstholder

Contributor ⭐

My heart aches for you. In 2007, my husband had a motorcycle accident and died within two months of the accident. I was devastated, caught off guard, and felt a host of other emotions. Sending you a virtual hug.

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HighDesertLolly

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I would like to participate in this group

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DenaAria

Contributor ⭐

I am a 53 yr old adult with ASD. My dad was really the only family I had. We always celebrated our bdays together, mine April 3- he fell and had to have brain surgery. Never recovered. Passed on April 10. His bday May 4- I was so lost without him. I feel broken. I feel like the world just got so big and confusing. I dont know how to live without him. Who do I call when life is hard? Who do I have lunch with? Go shopping with? Or celebrate my bday with? I don't know how to do this. I don't want to.

SummerOnTheWay1Author

[Sunday 7/26/26]

Dear Dena @DenaAria , I am "thinking" about YOU!!!

How are you doing TODAY/TONIGHT?

Luv,

Nicole 🤗🤗🤗 (Grief Forum)

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MarianS446683

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Hi my name is Marian. My husband, Gary, died two months ago. I do like to talk about his death as it helps me process it. I lost my first husband 2009. Married Gary in 2016. What a life I have had. I’m not bitter or mad. I’m just lonely. 😏

SummerOnTheWay1Author

[6/30/26] Dear Marian @MarianS446683 , WE are "thinking" about YOU!!!

Grief & Loss Team 🤗

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MarianS446683

Contributor ⭐

Thank you. So nice to have others thinking of my loss. My first husband died in 2009. Many of my family members abandoned me as they didn’t like my second husband. Now that my second husband died I hear from 3 out of 12 brothers and sisters. It sure is hard to learn how to live alone and not hear from some of my own siblings. But life goes on and my own children are wonderful.

SummerOnTheWay1Author

👣 1 step at a time!!!

SummerOnTheWay1Author

Members helping Members!!!

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MichelleC103656

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Hey,Nicole! I have thought about you so many times over the last few weeks. I hope that this message finds you well. Jim and I have been dealing with a lot as usual. The local news were looking into why the man that caused the accident that killed our granddaughter ,Brea, and injured several others has still not been identified and charged with anything. The only new thing was that the police and DA for the county are trying to figure out what to charge him with. It is so ridiculous. It has been so many weeks, actually going on months. No one understands what the hold up is. So, our family and friends are still dealing with the aftermath of that terrible accident, and other bad things are always happening. 2 of our grandsons had the flu. Our granddaughter, Scarlett, is getting over having strep throat. Stewie was sick and had the runs for a couple weeks. Then, last night, I started feeling real sick. I was throwing up and had to keep going to the bathroom. I chugged down so much Pepto Bismol. I feel much better this morning. Life, it is always something, and too often, it is too many bad things. I try so hard to be positive. As you, I, and so many people on here know, some days, it seems impossible. But, I am glad that the weather has been sunny and warm. The flowers are blooming. We have family and friends. We have a place to live, food to eat, and enough money to pay the bills. So, we are doing a lot better than a lot of people. I am glad to hear from you, Nicole! Much love and so many hugs to you and Mister from me and my Crew! Take Care and God Bless, us,and everyone! 🙏🙂🐈😺🐱😸😻

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