My Nonprofit Reviews

Halle's mother was diagnosed with breast cancer just 2 weeks afer we left New York City to move to CT. Halle was only 1.5 and her mom was 33; life certainly did not seem fair. Though there is/was always hope, as physicians we realized her situation was terminal 11 months later. Not knowing how much time we had left, we began to prepare for the inevitable. Halle's mom was a psychiatrist, and we began to investigate support groups and therapists to be there for us when she passed. We decided Mary's Place was the right fit for us, and we could not have been more right. One year later, Halle's mom died on a Monday, a little before Halle's 4th birthday, and there we were at Mary's Place that Sunday. As a four year old, Halle would say she was "embarrassed" at school as the only child without a mother. She felt "alone" and "no one else is like this". Mary's Place let Halle know she is not alone, that there are other kids going through what she goes through, and while no situations are good, some are worse than others. While Halle was at her group every other Sunday, caregivers provided each other with support informally in a comfortable waiting/living room. In addition, I took advantage of the young widow/widowers support group which meets evenings twice a month. As life changes, so does our interests, worries, etc but I made life-long friends at Mary's Place that I know I can call at a moment's notice and trust they know the same.

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