Set an Extra Plate Initiative - Holiday Dinners

Mary Lee Robinson October 30, 2015 - 10:46am
Mary Lee Robinson, author of The Widow or Widower Next Door, is excited to announce her community initiative entitled "Set an Extra Plate".
 
The concept is really very simple. As we all begin to make our plans for holiday meals, please consider "setting an extra plate" for someone or some family who has recently experienced the loss of a spouse, a parent, a loved one.
 
Holidays can be brutal for grievers, and they are fraught with old memories and traditions that ring hollow when a member of the family is missing. At the same time, one of the significant losses that accompanies a death, is the sense of normal family life.
 
Friends, neighbors, co-workers can all help by fostering an environment for creating new memories, and easing the transitions.  Look around you in your community, your work place, your church. Who do you know that lost a family member this year? 
 
Consider asking them to join you for a holiday dinner at your home. Your guests will love you for it, and your own holidays will be enriched.You may even find that you want to establish a new tradition!
 
With the help of the good folks at The Grief Toolbox, Grief Diaries, Mary Lee hopes to spread this initiative all over the country. Won't you please spread the word?
 
Set an Extra Plate this year, and every year!

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About the Author

Mary Lee Robinson was widowed suddenly in 2013 and found herself totally unprepared for what was to come. In a new state for a mere 11 months when her husband died, there were few supportive friends or family around. She set about creating some, and started a social club for widows and widowers in her community. Within a year, it had grown to 170 members. That told her quite a lot about an unmet need. She gathered 25 widows and widowers to write a book to share their stories, and the surprises, good and bad, that they all encountered as members of the club nobody wants to join. It is her hope, and that of the other storytellers, that the books help prepare and educate.  Mary Lee lives in the Low Country of South Carolina, caring for her Mom and is a native of Towson, MD, just outside of Baltimore. Her constant companions are her dachshund and rottweiler dogs. Mary Lee Robinson is the author of The Widow or Widower Next Door and 5 of the Grief Diaries series books, all of which are available right here in The Grief Toolbox in her marketplace https://shop.thegrieftoolbox.com/category/store/mary-lee-robinson. You can find more of her work on her Widowlution blog, practical tips for healing and living, at www.widowlution.com and on her Facebook page for widows at The Widow or Widower Next Door.

 
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