ABSTRACT

When the day arrived, we sat in a circle on the floor in the resource center. The children were full of anxiety and showed it in many different ways. My fears and discomforts were hopefully more well disguised. I t took quite a while to find a comfort level for sharing their feelings, but when it began and as it continued I witnessed the miracle of children helping children with the pain and agony of their griefuntil now not a hint of it recognized by anyone I knew. They taught me more that day about children needing to share their feelings with other children of comparable ages and experiences in a safe environment, away from their grieving parents-and without j udgmen t than anything I had experienced before or have since.