Jacintas's Smile – Sibling Bereavement Support

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Seven years since you left us for your heavenly ho

Seven years since you left us for your heavenly home Jacinta ❤️‍🩹

We miss your smile.

We miss your light.

We miss your fun.

We miss your laugh.

We miss your garlic potatoes.

We miss your protection.

We miss your stories.

We miss your kindness.

We miss your Chinese nights in front of the fire.

We miss your dancing like nobodies watching.

We miss you.

Of course there are pieces of you that we dont miss but we will keep that between us 🫣😂

#youareloved #wemissyou #sisters

Wishing you and your family a very Happy Christmas

Wishing you and your family a very Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year from all at Jacinta's Smile!
We would like to thank everyone for their support throughout the year and in particular our sponsors for Santa's Grotto - Dunnes Stores , Aldi Roscommon , Newsround roscommon , Roscommon Leisure Zone , @clarkemachineryroscommon , Slaughter House, Westbake Glenamaddy !

Thank you to everyone who supported @jacintas_smil

Thank you to everyone who supported @jacintas_smile by visiting Santa at the weekend particularly his youngest visitor Lyla-Rose who was only 4 days old 🐣👶

A huge amount of work went into behind the scenes,Thank you to the volunteers,the team at vita house/Jacinta’s smile and everyone else involved♥️

Merry Christmas 🎄🤶

Jacinta's Smile will be at Gleeson's Roscommon thi

Jacinta's Smile will be at Gleeson's Roscommon this Thursday Dec 1st from 6pm -9pm. Thank you to Roscommon Business Group for choosing us to be your charity this year!!
We are looking forward to the event hope to see you there😊😊

Jacinta's Smile has been nominated for MyKidsTime

Jacinta's Smile has been nominated for MyKidsTime charity of the Year 2023.....🤞❤️
Thanks for the nomination it means a lot to all at Jacinta's Smile🙂🙂

This is the poster of our services 🙌🏻 Plea

This is the poster of our services 🙌🏻

Please do share it so we can reach the families that may like our support.

We base our services on what we would have loved as young children but also as early intervention.

Our work with bereaved siblings is “life changing”, “vital”, “friendly and inviting” and “informal yet informative”. 😌

Also if you would like some copies for your staff room, notice board or email contacts please do get in touch with us 👏🏻

#pleaseshare #childhoodbereavement #siblings #siblingloss #grief #icbn #childhood

As we begin to enter Bereaved Children`s Awareness

As we begin to enter Bereaved Children`s Awareness Week we are led to reflect on how far we as an organisation and as three bereaved sisters and our brother Sheridan have come.

Little did we know when we made a decision to run the Dublin City Marathon in 2016 and raise money to bring brothers and sisters that have lost a sibling on a day out, just how much it was going to alter our lives.

How much it would mould us, hold us and lift us all at the same time.

Through working for Jacintas Smile for the last six years, we have learned so much about each other and most importantly about the impacts that losing our three siblings Declan, Jacinta and Fintan really had on us.

Not only were our hearts broken and our family forever changed but our paths were altered from that day fourth.

Paths full of potholes

And stones to trip over

However,

These paths were also full growth

There were both deep and shallow puddles to reflect in 💧

Flowers flourishing up through the cracks of cement to admire and smell 🌺

Lots of gold pennies along the way to guide us 🪐

And meeting friends that would wait for us at the walls. 👭👫 And there were many walls.

We know that losing a sibling is a life changing experience and we also know that that life is survivable ✨

With breath and compassion,

The OToole family x

Left to right: Jacinta, Aishleen, Charlotte, Fintan, Declan, KatieAnne

Take a look back at last weeks adventure day 🌞

Take a look back at last weeks adventure day 🌞

Some of these adventurers had never met before but as you can see they all instantly connected as they all had one thing in common.

#siblingbereavement #wegotthis
#lilliputadventurecentre

Spending Sunday afternoon getting our creative jui

Spending Sunday afternoon getting our creative juices flowing after a very successful event yesterday 🙏🏻💪🏻

#wegotthis #siblingbereavement #jacintassmile

How lucky are we to be in the company of some of t

How lucky are we to be in the company of some of the most courageous and brave children and young adults that we know ♥️

A day of togetherness, adventure, joy, making new friends, encouragement, wholesomeness and lots of hope and so much gratitude that we have this space together.

We here in Jacinta’s Smile know these days are made of a range of emotion such as uncertainty and nervousness as to what was going to come up for them and whether they would be able to handle all of the waves as they hit throughout the day 🌊

And, do you know what?

They did.

They handled it all with grace and with a sense of ease as these mighty adventurous met with others that simply “got them”.

They embraced.

They cried.

They kayaked.

They jumped.

The felt.

They laughed.

They reignited the embers within us that sometimes feel smouldered.

They brought a us back to knowing why we do this work.

We were honoured to hold you all in this fresh and fun experience of pure magic.

Thank you for being with us.

You got this ♥️💙🙌🏻

Lilliput Adventure Centre you were so so so good. We loved meeting all of your kind instructures today. You made our adventurers and us feel right at home.

We will be back 💪🏻🚣🏽🤸🏻‍♂️

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