Y.A.N.A. BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP IN FLORA, IL

"YOU ARE NOT ALONE" (Y.A.N.A.)

""MEETING INFORMATION"

 

IMPORTANT

CHANGE OF MEETING LOCATION

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LOCATION FOR YANA MEETINGS

 

AMERICAN DREAMS REALTY

108 East North Avenue directly across from

THE FLORA US BANK

AND

formerly

THE CHANEY'S REAL ESTATE BUILDING

 

SCHEDULE AS FOLLOWS:

NOTE: CHANGE IN TIME

5:30PM to 7:00,7:30 PM, ???

WE ARE A VERY RELAXED GROUP,

WE REALIZE 5:30 MAY BE EARLY AND 7:30 MAY BE LATE

FOR MANY,

SO

(members, guests, please come when you can and leave when you must)

 

Please Note

 Special Dinner at Dimaggio's

September 2nd, 5:45 to 6:00 PM

 

 

MEETING DATES AS FOLLOWS:

September 30, 2008

October 28, 2008

November 25, 2008

FEEL WELCOME TO BRING FINGER FOODS

AND DRINKS.

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OUR YANA WEBSITE WILL NEVER PRINT

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION SHARED  IN COPING

WITH OUR GRIEF DURING OUR

MEETINGS.

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NO FIRST OR FULL NAMES WILL BE PRINTED WITHOUT WRITTEN

PERMISSION.

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Confidentiality is of top priority

 and we are proud to announce that

after four years, what is shared within our

 Group has never been breached.

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"GROUP PHOTOS"  

may be added at various times, but only by permission of each member. 

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Our bereavement website represents our

 Y.A.N.A. GROUP

 and will be constructed with the help of all members and guests of

Y.A.N.A.

 

MAY GOD BLESS ALL AND GIVE EACH

AND EVERYONE OF US THE STRENGTH

TO ENDURE AND MOVE

FORWARD IN OUR GRIEVING PROCESS

  THE FLORA Y.A.N.A.

 BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP

MONTHLY NEWS LETTER

 "YOU ARE NOT ALONE"

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VERY IMPORTANT

Sharing one's loss and pain is on a volunteer basis only.

""NO MEMBER, GUEST WILL EVER BE COERCED

INTO SHARING THEIR PAIN, THEIR LOSS""

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Those who have had a loss and would like to

JOIN US AS WE HEAL TOGETHER

We welcome all, experiencing loss, to attend  our meetings.

FOR INFORMATION

CALL

OUR FACILITATOR,

 Donna at 618-662-2476 or 618-839-3106

and webmaster

Dianna at 618-843-1449

or email, Donna

armymomx3@aol.com

also

Dianna atmykanda@yahoo.com

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MEETING INFORMATION

 Donna Mason, our facilitator, will introduce, periodically,

(not a set procedure)

 various topics for Group Meetings.

After the topic is presented,

 those who wish to participate may express

their feelings, opinions about each particular topic.

 

We are an open, relaxed bereavement group

and welcome suggestions from our members and guests.

 

Introductions are of great importance

as we welcome,

 mourning and grieving

guests to our meetings for the first time.

 

The losses each of us share benefit our new guests in feeling

more at ease and to whom they may be more connected.

 

Our Group Members share with others many

various ways of coping

 the loss of a loved one, especially in those

 first few years, but the many who have traveled

the long dark journey of grief for many years are truly

very much welcome in our group and may discover they have much

 to offer those of us who are just embarking upon

OUR OWN PERSONAL GRIEF JOURNEY.

 

Graciously donated to our Group

 are  CARE NOTES

 from  THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT

 in Flora. 

 "AND THANK YOU"

 

With the variety of special CARE NOTES,

our members and guests will certainly find

 many CARE NOTES 

"" offering suggestions in coping with our particular

 loss or losses"" 

 

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""WE SAY GOOD-BYE""

click below for picture slides

http://www.yanasupport.com/wesaygoodbye.htm

taken during our good-bye dinner

as we wish the best to our dear friends

Ned and B. J.

Together, they and we, the members of

YANA,

have traveled our grief journey together, 

 sharing, crying, laughing,

 bonding tightly, 

not only a

Group,

but also as very dear friends.

We have been Blessed to have met Ned and B. J.

We will miss and love you both.   Please stay in touch.

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 We, YANA

 (you are not alone)

are

   REACHING OUT

TO EACH OTHER  FOR

"WHISPERING HOPE"

(TITLE OF BACKGROUND MUSIC)

MUSIC PLAYING "WHISPERING HOPE"

Whispering Hope Lyrics

 

Soft as the voice of an angel

Breathing a lesson unheard

Hope with a gentle persuasion

Whispers a comforting word.

 

Wait, till the darkness is over

Wait, till the tempest is done

Hope, for the sunshine tomorrow

After the darkness is gone.

 

Whispering hope,

Oh how welcome Thy voice

Making my heart

Any sorrow rejoice.

 

If in the dusk of the twilight

Dimmed be the region afar

Will not the deepening darkness

Brightin' the glittering star.

 

Then when the night is upon us

Why should the heart sink away

When the dark midnight is over

Watch for the breaking of day.

 

Whispering hope,

Oh how welcome Thy voice

Making my heart

Any sorrow rejoice...