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The Compassionate Friends
North Shore - Boston Chapter

Grief Support after the Death of a Child


This website is dedicated to the memory of all of our children.

 

The Mission of The Compassionate Friends is to assist families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age and to provide information to help others be supportive.

We are a national, nonprofit, self-help organization that offers friendship, understanding and hope to bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings. Our meetings are open to all family members who are grieving the death of a child, grandchild or sibling. There is no religious affiliation and no dues or fees.

WE NEED NOT WALK ALONE 

WE ARE THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS

 
 

CHAPTER UPDATES

Our chapter holds two in-person meetings and two online video meeting per month.  The in-person meetings are held on the 1st Monday and 3rd Wednesday of each month.  The sibling online video meeting is held on the third Wednesday of each month.  The parent online video meeting is held on the fourth Wednesday of each month.

More detailed information about our upcoming chapter meetings can be found below in the Meeting Updates column below

An email invitation will be sent to members prior to each meeting.  You may also request an invitation by emailing tcfnoshoreconnect@gmail.com to let us know that you would like to participate.

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We would like to inform all of our members that we no longer mail hard copies of our monthly chapter newsletter.  Our newsletters are accessible electronically through this link:  Chapter Newsletters

 

If you have any questions, please contact our chapter leader, David Paul.  You may access his contact information through this link:

https://tcfnoshore-boston.org/contact-us.aspx

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We are currently in need of help with managing our chapter website. If anybody has interest in helping out, please contact our Website Manager via email:

tcfnoshoreweb@gmail.com

Also, in order to help cover our chapter website fees, we invite our members to sponsor our website for 1 month in memory of their children, grandchildren or siblings.  The monthly website sponsor donation is $25 per member and the maximum number of sponsors per month is 2.  Sponsors may post a message to their children, grandchildren or siblings; this message will be displayed in the Website Sponsor column on the Home page of our website and will also appear in our chapter newsletter.

If you would like to sponsor our chapter website, please contact our Website Manager via email:  tcfnoshoreweb@gmail.com

Website sponsor signup sheets are also available at our in-person meetings.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT OPTIONS

In addition to our chapter meetings, other support options are listed below:

 

1) TCF Live Chats  

The National TCF website offers scheduled Live Chat sessions on different days and with different topics.  The details can be found here: 

 National TCF Live Chat Schedule

 

2) Private Facebook Groups  

TCF offers several private Facebook groups facilitated by bereaved parents, grandparents or siblings. They can be accessed here: 

TCF Private Facebook Groups

 

3) TCF North Shore-Boston

             Facebook Page  

Our chapter has its own Facebook page that is active with members from our chapter. You can access it here:  

TCF North Shore-Boston

Facebook Page

 
 

Website Sponsor Messages

 

Our website is sponsored this September in loving memory of:

 

 

TIMOTHY GLENDINNING

 

 Timothy Remembered After 8 Years

 

It is unbelievable that I sit here and say

8 years since we had our last words together.

 

I always would say “I’ll see ya later”

and there was no doubt ever

that I wouldn’t see you later.

But here we are 8 years later,

and I still use that phrase with

many of our family, friends or anyone.

You see, I know I will see you later,

not sure how many more days, months, years

it may take, but I will see you later.

 

I’ve been leaving painted rocks around town

with your name, with 9.5.17,

with BFN painted on the rocks.

I think you know they are out there

(libraries, schools, cemetery)

and you too are saying

“I’ll see ya later”,too.

 

Timothy, we all miss you and love you,

we think of you every day many times over.

 

Love,

Mom, Dad, Katherine

 

I’ll see ya later . . . 100%

   

 

Meeting Updates

 

Our September 2025 chapter meetings will be held on:

 

 
Tuesday - 9/2/25 
 In-Person Meeting - 7:00 PM 
Please contact
if you would like to attend
Topic:  Facing Difficult Dates
 
 
 
Wednesday - 9/17/25
In-Person Meeting - 7:00 PM
Please contact
if  you would like to attend
Topic:  Open Sharing Session
-and-
Sibling Online Video Meeting - 7:30 PM
(Email invitation to follow) 
You may also contact Aimeeb15@gmail.com
to request an invitation
Topic:  Dealing With Other Familly
Members' Grief
 
 
 
Wednesday - 9/24/25
Online Video Meeting - 7:00 PM
(e-mail invitation to follow)
You may also contact
if  you would like to attend
Topic:  Open Sharing Session
 

Click here for our 2025 schedule: 
Meetings & Events

In the event of inclement weather, necessitating the closing of North Reading public schools, our chapter meetings will also be canceled.

Event Updates

 

See information below on upcoming TCF events:

 

 

WALK TO REMEMBER

 
 

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st

9:00 - 11:30 AM

IPSWICH RIVER PARK

15 Central Street

North Reading, MA

 


Click here for additional information:

Walk To Remember