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We need not walk alone. We are The Compassionate Friends. We reach
out to each other with love, with understanding, and with hope. The children we
mourn have died at all ages and from many different causes, but our love for
them unites us. Your pain becomes my pain, just as your hope becomes my hope.
We come together from all walks of life, from many different circumstances. We
are a unique family because we represent many races, creeds, and relationships.
We are young, and we are old. Some of us are far along in our grief, but others
still feel a grief so fresh and so intensely painful that they feel helpless
and see no hope. Some of us have found our faith to be a source of strength,
while some of us are struggling to find answers. Some of us are angry, filled
with guilt or in deep depression, while others radiate an inner peace. But
whatever pain we bring to this gathering of The Compassionate Friends, it is
pain we will share, just as we share with each other our love for the children who
have died. We are all seeking and struggling to build a future for ourselves,
but we are committed to building a future together. We reach out to each
other in love to share the pain as well as the joy, share the anger as well as
the peace, share the faith as well as the doubts, and help each other to grieve
as well as to grow. We Need Not Walk Alone. We are The Compassionate Friends.
©2007 The Compassionate Friends
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