The Compassionate Friends (TCF)
is a national, nonprofit, informal support group
of bereaved
families who meet together to learn to cope with the grief
and pain of living
life without their
child.
We cannot take away the hurt, but we can help each other to hope again.
Over the long-term we
try to help each other to
get better. It
helps to talk to someone who has been down this path
before. We pass on what we
have learned about the grief process and the steps toward
recovering.
TCF attendees share with nonjudgmental and understanding
listeners. We do not feature
professional counselors or psychiatrists providing
guidance; just people who share the loss
of
a child. TCF offers comfort, hope, support, and help.
There are
no dues and we welcome all bereaved parents, siblings, grandparents, and support
people to
our meetings. Our meetings include sharing and compassionate caring for
each other.
No one is required to talk unless he or she wishes to do so.
A large lending library of books and videotapes is available. Grief authors and
researchers have
provided a large amount of literature on how to handle grief
and how to try to get better.
The Burke/Springfield/Fairfax
TCF Chapter meets the fourth
Wednesday of each month,
at
7:30 PM
at old St. Mary Knights of Columbus Hall, located next to the St. Mary's
Historic Church and Cemetery
in Fairfax, Va.
Call (703) 622-3639 for more information on TCF
 This web site published for the Burke/Springfield/Fairfax
Chapter in
loving memory of Tiffanie Amber Collins and Sean Stephen Noble.
Our
BSF Chapter expresses deep appreciation to David Collins for his tireless
efforts in creating and maintaining this web site in memory of his sister, Tiffanie.
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