HeartLight Center

How do we navigate life’s biggest celebrations when a piece of our heart is missing? Our latest Heart to Heart note shares a deeply relatable letter from one griever to another about the complex reality of planning a wedding without a loved one.
To anyone else balancing a season of joy with the heavy ache of missing someone: we see you, and you are not alone.
Read the full letter here: https://www.heartlightcenter.org/heart-to-heart-notes-all/from-one-griever-to-another-i-am-planning-my-weddiing-without-you

Improving access to mental health, end of life care and grief services is about ensuring there are enough providers, cost is affordable and that providers know about available services so they can connect clients to community support. Today, HeartLight Center and the Grief Networking Alliance hosted over 30 organizations to share resources and exchange information. We are serve better when we serve together.

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Laura Vargas, Cierra McNamara and Jenn Flaum attended the MSU SW Palliative Care Conference. As social workers they were able to connect with other social workers and professionals to share HeartLight resources and the value of funeral service. Horan and McConaty Funeral Service

We are honored to see the Facing the Mourning program flourishing in Summit County! Through the dedicated work of Britt Lea and the whole Summit County Coroner’s Office, more people are finding the tools and community support they need to initiate healing.

Thank you, Kate Ruder and Collective Colorado, for sharing this beautiful story of community and resilience. Read the full story here: https://collective.coloradotrust.org/stories/coroners-find-ways-to-help-their-communities-cope-with-loss/