Warsaw Carers Network, Warsaw
Practical help for people dealing with anticipatory grief and loss of a child, plus a weekly drop-in.
Weekdays and Saturday mornings
For the grief of losing an animal who was family. Talk with people in Poland who know what it is like, find help near you, and join the worldwide circle too. Free, always.
Next gathering in the Poland circle: Weekly check-in ยท
Practical help for people dealing with anticipatory grief and loss of a child, plus a weekly drop-in.
Weekdays and Saturday mornings
Ask the world for money, goods, time or skills you need right now. Posting is free.
Run by people who have been through loss of a brother or sister and miscarriage and pregnancy loss themselves.
Evenings and weekends
Free emotional support from trained listeners, online and anonymous, in many languages.
24/7
Grief recovery support groups meeting weekly.
โSorry if this is a lot. Please be gentle with yourself. I wasn't, and it made everything harder. I let myself be sad for an hour a day and then do something. It sort of works. And talk to someone, even if it's just in here.โ
โI don't have advice. I just know the first week is strange and quiet and people say the wrong thing. For me it helped to leave her lead where it was for a while. Then one day I took it down and put it in a drawer. That was all I could do that day. If you're still stepping around the basket, that's alright. You don't have to move it yet. I still miss her. That hasn't changed but it's softer now.โ
โHi, you. I was in the same place in 2022. The empty basket. That was my life. These days I mostly feel like me. You get yourself back in pieces. Praying for you.โ
โIf you're scared right now, I get it. Not that long ago, about a year, that was me. Put our dog to sleep after 14 years. That was my life. I can talk about it now without falling apart. It comes back slowly, like feeling in your fingers after the cold. You've got this, even if it doesn't feel like it.โ