Marriage GetAway Workshop: For Grieving Parents

When you lose a child, you also lose a piece of your heart that can never be replaced and your life is forever changed.  Although time seems to heal many wounds, time by itself is unable to give relief from the pain that is caused by the death of a child.  Though difficult to do, the processes of grieving will eventually give the most relief after such a devastating loss.  And, when you finally emerge from the cocoon of your deep grief, life will begin to feel worth living, once again.

When Mark and Sally Stockwell received a terminal diagnosis on their two youngest children, their faith was shaken to its core.  From the initial onset of blindness to the end of their children's lives, seventeen years passed. "As we watched the slow deterioration of our children, we saw first hand, God's grace being sufficient in our lives, and we experienced His comfort, fully, in our pain when their lives ended.  We were broken, but also stretched in ways that we had never dreamed imaginable. It is with a combination of humor and hope, that we share our journey through grief.  We seek to fulfill the Biblical admonition to "comfort others with the comfort which we, ourselves have received of God."



Topics include (subject to change):

• Unity vs. Comraderie
• The Grieving Process
• Grief Differences between Men and Women
• Sibling/Family Member Grief
• How to Interact with Family and Friends
• Tools/Scripture for the Grieving Process
• The Hope of Heaven