Holding Joy & Sorrow Together
By Sara Barry Light and dark. Joy and sorrow. December is a time for these extremes that are parts of the same whole. Darkness sneaks in early and lingers in […]
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October Newsletter
October Meetings To see the full list of meetings and events scheduled for the Fall, visit our calendar This Saturday, October 6th, our Parenting After Loss Playgroup will meet at
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Introducing our newest Peer Companion- Sadie Dybizbanski
Sadie has been a beloved member of the Empty Arms community since 2010, when her sweet first daughter Eva Margaret was born and died. (you can read Eva’s whole story
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Meet our Peer Companion, Monica Borgatti!
Monica Borgatti, Empty Arms board president My name is Monica Borgatti and I have no living children. Professionally, I am the Chief Operating Officer for the Women’s Fund of Western
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July and August Newsletter
EVENT TODAY! Join us for an Ice Cream Social at Friendlys in Florence, Tuesday July 10th from 4pm-9pm! Meeting Times for July and August (please note all meetings are
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Meet Our Spanish Speaking Peer Companion: Bevely Gonzalez!
La perdida de mi bebe ha sido una de las cosas mas duras que me ha pasado en mi vida. Y como mujer fuerte y obstinada, fue muy dificil para mi
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The Body Knows: How Grief Shows Up
By Sara Barry “How are you doing?” a friend asked, knowing that May is a charged month. Mother’s Day is a complicated tangle of breakfast in bed and flowering plants,
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Yo Te Puedo Ver/ You are Seen
By Gloria Agosto Yo Te Puedo VerEs casi como si el dolor te hace invisible. El momento más duro el cual no se puede entender,nadie y nada parece brindar algún
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Caught Off Guard, or Variations on Familiar Questions
By Sara Barry “And are your kids healthy?” Thankfully I was still clothed when she asked me, not sitting awkwardly on the crinkly paper at the end of a table
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Knowing Hearts, Helping Hands
By Carol McMurrich and Katrina Van Naerssen It was a warm June day when I got the call, curiously on a day where I had planned to work, but didn’t
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