Downsville Grief Support Group

05/02/2026

We will meet on May 13th at 6:30pm at the Colchester Community UMC. You need not be a member of the church to attend.

04/24/2026

Next meeting of the Grief Support Group will be on May 13th at 6:30 pm at the Colchester Community UM Church. We offer a safe space to talk or to just sit and listen. A time to share if you choose the loss of a person, a pet, a job, a child, or maybe you are just having a rough time right now and need an ear to hear. We will be there, no preaching, just a safe space to be.

04/02/2026

Downsville Grief support Group will meet on Wednesday, April 8th, at the Colchester Community UM Church at 6:30pm....We offer a safe and caring space for those who are grieving a loss.....

03/10/2026

If you are interested in attending the Grief Support Group, please message me asap or I will need to cancel the meeting for 3/11/26. Thanks

01/14/2026

There is no Grief Group meeting tonight (1/14) at the Colchester Community UM Church due to the impending stormy weather. If you are interested in attending a group meeting, please contact Toni at 607-363-7363.

01/03/2026

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I watched you suffer,
counting breaths I couldn’t borrow,
learning how helpless love can feel
when time refuses to stop.

I stayed close,
because leaving was never an option,
because presence was the only gift
I still knew how to give.

When you went away,
the room didn’t change,
but everything inside me did,
quietly, all at once.

They said your pain was over,
and I nodded like that helped,
like relief for you
didn’t carve a space in me.

I carry that moment carefully now,
not as trauma, but as proof,
that loving you until the end
was worth the breaking.

— Silent Tears For You

01/01/2026

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12/09/2025

Because of the coming inclement weather, the Downsville Grief Support group will NOT meet on Wednesday, December 10th. Be safe and warm out there.

12/02/2025

i know that light went somewhere ✨

🩵 from my new poetry book— As a Waterfall 🩵

12/02/2025

Hope you’re doing well. If you love this time of year or if you find this time of year difficult, may December be however you need it to be to get through it.

11/16/2025

“Do you think we ever get the chance
to talk with them again…
the ones we miss?” asked Rabbit.

“I think we already do,” said Bear.
“Every time we sit in the quiet
and open our hearts,
they meet us there…
different now,
but still themselves.”

©️Tara Shannon