First Monday of Month (FMM) - Peer-Led Support Topic Meeting - JANUARY HOLIDAY

Our topic this month is:  "Looking for the Seeds of Hope"

How can we help one another learn that struggling with grief and fostering hope are not mutually exclusive?

We start this month's topic meeting defining hope (trust that things are going to get better), and how to be open to pursuing it. Our first steps might be small and short-lived, but we need to find ways to both nurture hope and restore it.

We welcome members for whom this is their first (or more) New Year's without their partners, and struggling with finding their seeds of hope.

You will learn that Hope Springs Eternal for widows too!

In preparation for these meetings Our Topic Committee volunteers suggest that you bring paper and pen to the meetings. In addition, they suggest the following articles:

LifeHack.org, What to Do with Your Life When All Hope is Lost

Center for Loss, Nurturing Hope in Difficult Times

Toolshero.com, Snyder's Hope Theory

Co-Leaders:  Carol & Shelley

Carol Elizondo: Zooming in from Concord, CA
About Me: I think kindness, compassion and positivity is so important.  Instead of finding the glass half full or half empty, I find the glass refillable.  I have 2 Daughters, 2 Fantastic sons in law and 2 grandchildren.  
Interests: Reading and Walking, which morphed into walking with my headphones on while listening to books ever since COVID started—what a delightful coping strategy for me! 
Works well with:  empty nesters and widows who want to learn and grow and move forward with purpose.
Year of loss: 2018

Shelley Levy: Zooming in from Tenafly, NJ
About Me:  I am a proud mom of 3 and grandmom of 2. I have worked with individuals with disabilities for my entire professional career. I am grateful and humbled to work with these amazing individuals. Needless to say, I am all about equity, access and inclusion.
Interests: Reading, music, museums, travelling – and I am learning to like exercising too!
Works well with: Working moms, Empty Nesters, And women who want to grow and learn   
Year of loss: 2018