Words From Our Families

This has been a wonderful place with so much support and understanding It has been a huge help in his grief and not feeling he is the only one. It prompts conversations. I feel like the sharing place is incredibly helpful to me as the mom. Maybe more than for him. Enjoy it thank you My child looks forward to going to TSP and has been talking about his family member more often TSP has really helped me in the way I speak to my son and has helped me understand how he is feeling More improvement in her schoolwork and behavior at home. Less outbursts of anxiety and anger He has responded very well to the group sessions and lots of people comment on his improvement She has improved a lot in the last year since she began group and people close to her have noticed It's been amazing to help me understand her process and to help her throug that It has been great, my son is really opening up and loving it We have loved it, it’s been really great to have help navigating through this whole process It’s been a great experience for our family.

My child has been enjoying coming and gets excited to come which has helped him talk to me more. Wonderful place It’s been HUGELY beneficial for my child as well as myself even if I was divorced from his dad. Has helped my family a lot.

We love it here and feel it has been beneficial. None that I can think of. It's nice to have a place to go where people understand how we feel. We’re grateful to have a place and time to address our grief My experience is that it really helpful my kids love to come here. It is like a great Therapy

I love this program! Incredible place so so grateful!! Has helped my daughter deal with her grief and gave me better understanding of how grief is reflected.

It has really helped my son and I!!!! We love it here and our daughter loves coming to the sharing place. We appreciate all the emotions and feelings and broad range of thoughts they get while there.

Wonderful so far. It's been good so far It has done wonders for my daughters outlook and self esteem. Made wonderful friends and great experience.

My children are enjoying it very much and look fwd to it She enjoys TSP very much and looks fwd to coming My kids love it. I think it helps them being among other kids who have such powerful greif.

Porter has a great time it’s amazing how good this group makes him feel So very helpful my kids live attending with other kids whi have experienced loss.

We love the sharing place. We always come away happier and refreshed. It’s a very comfortable My child didn’t want to come, but now come willingly and is eager to share and discuss So thankful to have this group for her to connect with others her age going through similar things. Thanks.

We’ve loved it and it’s really helped Allie open up about her feelings It’s been great for her. I think she’s finally starting to open up and feel more comfortable here It has been great and helped us all This is our third visit. Hopeful it will be a good outlet for his grief and learning to deal with em Jonathan receives special ed services. He sees a psychiatrist for med management for issues prior to We have loved it. Brielle was so excited to get her chance to start this year. TSP has helped her to understand some of the feelings she is feeling and maybe how to address them Hopeful that this will be a good resource for my kids. To know there’s others in a similar situatio It was the only place where we both felt like we could connect with people who understand our situation. It's helped me work though my own grief that I haven't been able to process otherwise.

A wonderful resource to our community! A needed space and so grateful for it. The Sharing Place is good for her to be able to talk to other kids and know she is not alone.

We love it here. My son really enjoys coming here. Is a big weight off his shoulders. Its been an amazing experience.

My children were apprehensive to start but right from the first time said how much they loved it It has helped me and my girls.

It's been a big help to keep my 3 boys aware of their feelings and needs. Hard to live without now. The sharing place has been the best resource for helping him deal with his grief It's been a big help to keep my 3 boys aware of their feelings and needs. Hard to live without now.

I love this place It's been a great place for Hannah to connect with others who have dealt with loss.

It has been a wonderful experience. We have learned coping skills that we use often. Summer breaks are good and bad as there is not any type of group available during the break. I believe my child is impacted by discussion of feelings and losing a loved one.

We love it It’s been good for my child. We are so thankful we found you! This has been so helpful for the kiddos and I. Great experience. Great time

I’m so thankful we found you guys! This has been so helpful for all of us! 😊 It is great place and very helpful Would like more clinical, researched guided therapy methods. It has been great. Just wish it was every week.

We love TSP. Has helped us so much! Boston has liked observing other children with similar scenarios It has been incredible for my child to relate to other children.

We would honestly not have been functional this last year without our people here. Honestly.. I I love this place. I hope to one day help / volunteer here.

Great experience. Lucian loves coming. Behavioral difference when me miss TSP 2 or more times in a row. No we enjoy or time and has been helpful.

She absolutely loves TSP and has learned so much. its been awesome, thank you. TSP is WONDERFUL!!!!! Our first meeting is next week This place has been incredible. My children tell me all the time how much it helps them, and they regularly choose to miss out on other activities to be at the sharing place. When we go long periods without it, I notice it in their behaviors.

Thank you. Thank you all for being there for lost people. Thank you for gently placing us back on the road to found. thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU!

It would be helpful for me if we had more information about what they process in their group. I have a hard time getting her to talk to me about what she learns there. I do not feel like it follows developmentally appropriate practices. I feel that theirs is a need for a licensed clinical therapist to be involved in the development of the program. Once or twice a child in group has been talking over everyone to the point of distraction, but over all it has been very helpful for all of us.

It has been so helpful for her not to feel alone and to process her feelings.

I love it here. I feel supported and confident this is the best decision I could have ever made. Lyrik thrives with his peers when he is here and I’ve made such solid friendships. I appreciate finding connections with people who authentically understand what I’m experiencing. The skills I learn each time have also brought me a lot of confidence. I feel so thankful to know I have TSP as a resource. My child has been able to connect with other kids and feel less alone. She has also had a desire to get out of the house more. Hendrix loves it here and has had a lot of insightful comments and viewpoints on what life is all about! Rory has come out of his shell and connected with other kids. His confidence in himself has grown tremendously! We all enjoy our time at the sharing place and find it helpful I wonder if I am missing some of Oakley’s signals that might be indicative of her feelings so education in this area would be helpful The kids enjoy going.

My child enjoys it and like sharing about his Dad on his anniversary date. It's been very good It’s good. But my 10yo feels like her group is too rough and loud.

Thank you for all you do! You guys are awesome! Thank you for accepting kids where they are and helping them! Thank you!!! You guys are so helpful and awesome! It has helped so much.

Great place to bring our kids to Wonderful place has helped us tremendously Overall it’s good for children and me So helpful for her to be around others struggling It's been so wonderful to be around people that understand the difficulty we face every day.

The staff are doing a wonderful job, and it's helping. Helps him feel "normal" other kids going through grief. TsP has been so validating for my child.

My daughter feels relieved that she is not the only child who has lost a loved one and has strong emotions about it.

Thank you so much for thr activities, friendship and support.

TSP has really helped her process death and feel a connection to others that have had a death in their family.

As a parent I am getting just as benefit out of the group as the kids The parent group has been as beneficial for me and I'm truly grateful for this group TSP has been a great blessing to my family helping us to cope with the unexpected. I am extremely grateful for TSP. We love TSP! It's been awesome.

My kids are much better off now than when we began and I attribute much of that to TSP You are amazing. Thank you for helping us cope with this. I have loved coming to TSP and so has my son. Having a place to speak freely about our grief has been so helpful. My son needed this place more than I knew and I’m so grateful for all of you. She is doing much better now than she was before and I attribute much of that to TSP It’s been great. Super helpful for both of us. We love it here! We love it here and plan to come back next year. It has been interesting.

It's been a positive experience for us. I want you to know that being here when Matt died made a difference in being able to have positive narratives about his death. Thank you. It has been the most helpful for Ella. It has also been very beneficial for us as parents.

Not at this time She looks forward to coming every time.

Sóley loves it here! She has a place where her peers relate to her with losing her dad/loved one I can tell my daughter has learned a lot from feeling connected with children who have a common experience.

We love you guys! I have worked through most of my big tramas It’s been amazing. This year I was promoted to quit TSP and I feel strongly that this was unexpected. The idea felt foreign because it’s always been stressed to be here “as long as needed” — it gave me the prompt I needed though it felt like a shock. I felt it important to share this.

The Sharing Place has serves roughly 300 children and their caregivers at any given time, and thousands of families have utilized our services since our beginning in 1993. Here’s what a few of them have to say about their experience at The Sharing Place.

His grades have improved and his ability to manage his homework and assignments on his own (without my nagging and assistance) has improved dramatically. His stress levels about assignment due dates have improved. He took second in the Spelling Bee this year and was elected to his school’s student council. The best work to describe him since he started at The Sharing Place is “thriving”.

Another parent stated,
The Sharing Place is a place of safety and understanding not only for children, but for the adults as well. When you have lost someone in your life you don’t fit in with the normal world – you are in an unfamiliar place yourself. Being with others who have experienced what you have helps you begin to find a new normal. Please continue this incredible place for people who have a loss – there is nowhere else like it!!! I could not be where I am in my grief without the support of the staff and people attending The Sharing Place.

Grief hurts everywhere, especially on the inside, outside, and everywhere you go.
– Casey, age 4.5

This group has given my daughter the opportunity to relate and talk with other teens that are going through the same things as her. It has helped her see that she is not alone. She enjoys group very much. Thank You.
– Rodger, father

The “intake” or interview to attend The Sharing Place was very enlightening to me. The girls cried and showed open emotion even at this first exposure. I believe they “felt” the safe place it was for sharing emotion. I was actually surprised to see my daughter cry at this time as she was very withdrawn.
– Kristen, parent

It is a blessing to have The Sharing Place. If it helps one child then it is worth its weight in gold.
– C.H.

Me and my children have had a bad year trying to cope with the death of my wife, their mother. The Sharing Place has helped my son and me greatly. I would be in a lot worse shape dealing with my son without The Sharing Place.
– Michael, father