Author: Andrea Defillo

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New Hope for Kid’s Wishes for Kids Program

The Children’s Wish Program was founded In 1985. It is the longest running wish program in Central Florida. Children’s Wish was created to provide hope and a once in a lifetime experience to children fighting a life-threatening illness. New Hope for Kids Wishes for Kids Program continues the legacy by providing wishes for children that other organizations, in the Central Florida area, are not able to serve. Although the Wishes for Kids Program is not able to cure the life-threatening illnesses of the child, it is proud to grant wishes and make a child’s last moments on earth the best they can possibly be. The Wishes for Kids program goes beyond the wish, offering support, resources and community for these special families. New Hope for Kids Wish program is unique for the following reasons:

  • FOCUS
    Unlike other wish-granting organizations, New Hope for Kids Wish Program is not affiliated with a national organization, but is an independent, locally based charity that focuses on Central Florida children.
  • FOLLOW-UP
    Because most of our wish recipients live in the vicinity, New Hope for Kids is able to provide additional services and support beyond the wish itself. Families help each other while forming lasting relationships.
  • FLEXIBILITY
    New Hope for Kids is able to meet a wide spectrum of needs through wishes and community resources.

Our Wish Program needs your support! Consider becoming a Wish Partner!

https://newhopeforkids.org/wishes-kids/

 

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5 False Myths About Grief Busted

“The pain will go away faster if you ignore it”, is a line that a lot of us have heard from people when we have lost a loved one. The grieving period is a delicate stage of loss. When one is in such a fragil state, it is important to be informed and know how to identify myth from fact. Most often than not, friends, family, and even complete strangers try to help us through a process that they may or may not know anything about, by saying things like: “Be strong” or “Please don’t cry”. This publication will help you to identify common myths and learn the real facts that associate with these myths.

If you are watching this for a family member or loved one going through loss, or you are a person going through this process and would like support please consider visiting our website:

http://blogs.rollins.edu/foxwired/

https://www.helpguide.org/articles/grief/coping-with-grief-and-loss.htm
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How loss helped one artist find beauty in imperfection

November 2015 at TEDxIndianaUniversity, Painter Alyssa Monks talks about how her loss changed her art and the way that she sees her art. Starting off, Alyssa talks to us a bit about her background. She introduces us to the idea of her mother being a “super mom” always taking her to every art class near where they lived. She gives us a glimpse, a taste of her young art. Her first pieces of people in safe vulnerable states and places.

She then goes on to tell us about when her mother got diagnosed with cancer. She tells us of how she tried her best to find ways to fight the cancer, but ended up realizing that that was not what her mother needed and that if she got so obsessed with trying to find ways to fight the inevitable she would end up wasting all the time she had left with her mother.

“If I tried to fix it I would miss it.”

She decided that she needed to be there for her mother in her last moments, not trying to make her healthy again, and trying to stop the inevitable, but giving her the best last moments she could, and spending all that time with her.

“The safe places that I created in my paintings, it was a myth, and I was afraid because I didn’t want to paint anymore.”

But finally, she tells us of how she found a new way of interweaving her feelings, with her curiosity, and making amazing art out of the process.

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