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SUMMARY:Forever Healing Parent Retreat
DESCRIPTION:River Winds Estate – Saco\, ME\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConnect with a community of bereaved parents. Share your child’s story and learn new healthy ways to grieve.\n\n\n\nOur vision at Rett’s Roost is to cultivate a community of families pursuing a path of healing through shared experiences of connection\, joy\, and reflection. This in-person retreat will offer both reflective release and hopeful perspective to parents that have lost a child to cancer or a similar disease. The goal is to bring together a group of empathetic friends that understand the plight of being a parent that has lost a young child and to access methods of healing together. \n\n\n\nThis in-person retreat runs from Friday evening through Sunday afternoon at a beautiful farmstead in Saco\, ME. We will offer supportive\, therapeutic activities to connect with others and to heal within. Our hope is that you leave feeling like you took some time to honor your child\, while at the same time taking care of your broken heart. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEach couple will have their own bedroom (some single moms may have to share a large room) and bathrooms are shared. There is a small indoor lap pool and exercise room available and we will have the opportunity to connect with horses and hike on the property. Rett’s Roost staff and volunteers will be providing delicious\, healthy meals and snacks. We’ll be offering grief support\, yoga\, art\, massage\, and sound therapy. Most importantly\, we’ll have time to connect over our loss. \n\n\n\nParents will meet on zoom ahead of the retreat to share our children’s’ stories. After the retreat\, this cohort of parents has the opportunity to attend a year of monthly online grief support sessions together. We hope that strong bonds will be developed between parents through this year-long experience.  \n\n\n\nDo we qualify? To attend this retreat\, your child must have died under the age of 20 of cancer or a similar childhood-related illness (parents of older children may still qualify if illness started in childhood). We are now accepting parents that lost a young child suddenly if they live within 2 hours of Ogunquit\, ME. Travel scholarships will not be available for this retreat. All lodging\, food\, and activities once you arrive will be paid for by Rett’s Roost. \n\n\n\nDEI:  Rett’s Roost retreats are nondenominational. We act\, and ask our participants to act\, without discriminating against any person or organization because of their race\, age\, nationality\, gender\, sexual orientation\, or religious belief. \n\n\n\nCheck out a photo album from previous retreats at River Winds: 2023 Photos\, 2024 Photos \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease know that our retreats do fill quickly\, feel free to reach out if you have any questions before you apply. \n\n\n\n\nAPPLY NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet in touch for more details or to volunteer for this retreat! \n\n\n\n\nGeneral info about our retreats
URL:https://rettsroost.org/event/forever-healing/
LOCATION:ME
CATEGORIES:Forever Healing,Retreat
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