Important Notice: Free Webinar with Grieving Father, Dennis L. Apple!

Important Notice: TCF's Free Webinar with 

Author and Grieving Father, Dennis L. Apple!

From

The Compassionate Friends/USA

You can now reserve your seat for TCF's next webinar, "A Father's Grief" coming up soon -

  this Tuesday, October 23 from 8-9 pm EST (5-6 PST). 

This FREE webinar will explore the mind and emotions of a grieving father and the dynamics involved as he tries to comfort the mother and siblings of the child who died. 

Go to http://tinyurl.com/TCFWebinars for link to register. 

Presenter: Dennis Apple, grieving father

(author of life after the death of my son: what i'm learning)

A Father's Grief: As grieving fathers, we feel a strong responsibility to protect and provide for our families after the death of a child. This webinar will explore the mind and emotions of a grieving father and the dynamics involved as he tries to comfort the mother and siblings of the child who died. 

Space is limited.

Reserve your Webinar Seat Now at:

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/588044826

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So interesting, today I "stumbled upon" this graphic of "A Dad Hurts Too" and wondered when I might get to use it in my blog; then later in the evening I "stumbled upon" this announcement by TCF I've held onto for a while, inviting us grieving parents to a free webinar with Dennis Apple. I began to realize, all of a sudden: these "stumblings" were probably not so "coincidental" after all! October 23rd is not far away! So glad I could let you all know of this wonderful opportunity before it could be too late! (Tommy and I have bought Dennis's book but have not yet read it ~ but we have heard great things about it.)

A Dad Hurts Too

~Author Unknown

People don't always see the tears a dad cries.

His heart is broken too when his child dies.

He tries to hold it together and be strong.

Even though his world's gone wrong.

He holds his wife as her tears fall,

Comforts her through it all.

He goes through his day doing what he's supposed to do.

But a piece of his heart has been ripped away too.

So when he's alone he lets out his pain.

And his tears come like falling rain.

His world has crashed in around him.

And a world that was once bright has gone dim.

But Dads hurt too, not just the Mothers.

He searches for answers but none are to be found.

He hides behind a mask when he is feeling down.

He smiles through his tears.

He struggles and holds his fears.

But what you see on the outside is not always real.

Men don't always show how they really feel.

So I'd like to ask a favor of you:

The next time you see a mother hurting over the loss of her child,

Please remember... a Dad hurts too.