Jacintas's Smile – Sibling Bereavement Support

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Programme of Upcoming Free Events

Free creative workshops for children and adults whom have lost a sibling above the age of 12 months.

Recharge you – Yoga therapy with Dearbhla.

Saturday June 12^th (3 – 12 year olds) and Sunday 13^th(13 – 25 year olds)

Adventure day in Wildlands, Galway.

Saturday August 28^th (6-25 year olds). Pending Government restrictions.

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As we come to end of Father’s Day we want to tak

As we come to end of Father’s Day we want to take this moment to acknowledge our dad Frank (aka daddy) and we still get slagged for calling him daddy.

But that’s who he was to us. To all of us. 💙💗

If something needed to get done in the house we all had to chip in and he’d say well done even though we were probably doing it wrong or bashing eachother with the paint brushes!!

He really did have the patience needed to rally us together and teach us how to be respectful, kind, honest and strong 👏🏼

He loved us all and we love him❤️

What can you do on Father’s Day for a man that has buried a child or in his case three children?

We called down and distracted him with the grandchildren while my mum cooked garlic potatoes which was Jacinta’s specialty 😌

He is sad today and how could he not be.

This makes us sad too and yet at the same time we are also able to feel the pride, the abundance, the admiration and to feel and experience how it is to be loved by him, to be wanted, to feel secure and to feel warmth.

Happy Father’s Day to you daddy.

Love,

Aishleen, Fintan, Jacinta, Katie-Anne, Declan, Charlotte and Sheridan.

Your biggest fans ✨

Picture left to right - Fintan, Jacinta, Declan, Katie-Anne, Aishleen and Charlotte in the chair taking it all in as usual 😂🥰

#fathersday #grief #bereavedfather #childloss #hope #family #together #redecorating #killiney #1993

We may not always be able to meet you and the need

We may not always be able to meet you and the needs of your child.

So please inform yourself of these other brilliant organisation that support bereaved children.

Collaboration is key to providing a supportive and positive impact on our next generation. ✨

We want to ensure that our future leaders are met emotionally with their losses, to break the grief cycles that are not helpful and to empower creative and hopeful experiences for our little grievers 🌈

@barnardos_irl @rainbows_ireland @irishhospicefoundation @embracefarmsupport @feileacain @childrensgriefcentre @anam_cara.ie www.childhoodbereavement.ie

#support #hope #together #childrendgrief #grief #childloss #siblingloss #siblingbereavement #irishcharities #littlegrievers #bereaved #bereavementawareness #loss #loveandloss

Let me know if you would be interested in our next

Let me know if you would be interested in our next one.

Thank you @rechargeyoga for creating a sense of connection and guidance.

Here’s to knowing our wisdom and knowing we are held by our all Devine souls 🌳🌳🌱🌿🌾

#siblingloss #grief #hope #love #knowing #devinefeminine #devineguidance #guidance #loss #yoga #griefyoga #emotions #storedemotions #restorativeyoga #peace #harmony #loveandloss

Take this opportunity to educate yourself on first

Take this opportunity to educate yourself on first aid and where your nearest defibrillater is and how you can access it ❤️

#euros2021 #healing #triggers# #bereaved #siblingloss #grief #thankgodformedics #defibrilators

Choose the Women VHI Mini Marathon for @js_bereave

Choose the Women VHI Mini Marathon for @js_bereaved_siblings_support 👊🏻

Lets get moving and supporting each other.

Let’s press the pavements and leave the dust to settle behind us on our home turf of what has been an extraordinary and powerful year for so many in all ways, the good the bad and the challenging.

If you choose to run for us you choose to run for the hope and the pure spirit of bereaved children.

You choose to run for life because of death.

You choose to run with purpose in supporting bereaved siblings to be encouraged to be who they need and want to be become as they carry their lost loved one in their heart always.

You choose to run for laughter, light and a huge sense of belonging and connection.

You choose to run for your own inner child as you feel the breezes through your hair and the as you begin to experience the atmosphere of belief and aspiration as you realise that each step you take is empowering and guiding children and young adults that have lost a sibling to begin to soften into their healing movement and process.

You choose and in turn we choose to continue the invaluable work we do in Jacinta`s Smile.

The link Is on our homepage on www.jacintassmile.ie

Contact us for a sponsorship card ✨

#movingforward #minimarathon #inthistogether #hope #loss #bereaved #purpose #childhoodbereavement #childhoodtrauma #siblingloss #childloss #sisters #running #letsdothis #goodtogo #training #10k

A reminder for those us us that need it. Even wi

A reminder for those us us that need it.

Even with our sadness we can create the the life we deserve.

Remember that ❤️

#love #loss #hope #grief #livingwithloss #bereaved #siblinggrief #siblingloss #death #childloss #siblingbereavement #loveandloss #possibilities #purpose

Sunday morning reminder to be guided by the little

Sunday morning reminder to be guided by the little things.

They are the big things, that will always get you through when you are feeling stuck in the muckiness ❤️

It could be tea in bed, a longer shower, a phone call or playing music loudly.

You chose 💫

#hope #guidance #grief #loss #bereaved #siblingloss #stuckinthemud #peaceofmind #chooseyou

We are so excited for our next event 😍✨ The

We are so excited for our next event 😍✨

The lovely Dearbhla of @rechargeyoga will be facilitating the events 🧘‍♀️🧘‍♀️.

Dearbhla specialises holistic health and yoga for children and teens. ✨

Go to our website for more details which is linked in our bio📌

Please do share, screenshot, save and watsapp this event so that we can reach the children and adults siblings that we can support 💜💙

These workshops with help you as an adult or a child that has lost a sibling to cultivate a sense of love, resilience, compassion and hope within 🌻

This workshop is funded by the Healthy Ireland Fund supported by the Department of Health and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.

#positivegrief #childrensgrief #siblinggrief #hopeafterloss #lossandlove #rechargeabdrestore #recharge #yoga #teenyoga #childrensyoga #resilience #childresnhealth #healthylifestyle #healthandwellness #bereaved #bereavement #yogalove #irishcharity #charity

Our next Sibling Bereavement event 👏🏼✨👏

Our next Sibling Bereavement event 👏🏼✨👏🏼💙❤️

This is for young adults and upwards to all ages.

Unfortunately, we know that there are so many people right now that are feeling the immense loss of their sibling dying during this pandemic 😔

The lack of physical support has been harrowing and the lack of emotional support through familiar faces and fear of being close to someone with a simple intimate hug has been soul destroying to so many. 🖤

We wish to acknowledge this.

We wish to bring many of us together that have lost a sibling within the last year that have had to bury a brother or sister and grieve during the ongoing pandemic restrictions. 🔓

When someone dies we are told to stick to routine, to get out and meet friends, to call on others for support or to look for professional help. 🔗

None of the above have been available to be implemented by grievers in the last year.

So, for this reason we want to hold you in a space of reflection and respect and offer a sense of belonging in the craziness and emptiness if sibling loss during restrictions 👩🏼‍🤝‍👩🏻👨🏻‍🤝‍👨🏽

There will be music, warmth and compassion and a place to share our collective loss and hopes ✨

As always please do share, you never know who may need to see this 🍃

👌🏻Spaces are limited, so ensure to sign up soon.

We are grateful to be funded by the Healthy Ireland Fund and supported by the Department of Health and the Department of Children and youth affairs.

#siblingloss #bereaved #childhoodtrauma #childhoodbereavement #grief #siblinggrief #siblingbereavement #childloss #familygrief #family #bereavementsupport #death #grieving #loss #hopes #soulwork #growth #pandemic #ireland #irishsupport #support

During the week I asked my mum, “if you die wh

During the week I asked my mum,

“if you die what would you come back as to show me you are around?”

(Yes we have these conversations)

Her answer was a “pissy bed” 😂😂😂

For those of you not living in the country she means a Dandelion ☺️🌻🦁

At first I laughed and then I remembered 🌈

Dandelions are the only plants that represent the Sun, Moon and Stars 🌞🌝✨

The yellow head is the sun, the white is the moon and when you blow it, the feathers are the stars 💛

She said she would be the tallest one in the garden ☺️

Sending love to all those mothers standing tall and representing the earth and the circle of life.

May we know they are near even when they are not here with us 🌸

Marian ❤️

#grief #loss #hope #bereaved #beauty #earth #sunmoonstars #grieving #mothers #signs #motherloss

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