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The Compassionate Friends, Queensland’s 8th Annual Charity Golf Day was held at the Nudgee Golf Club on Friday 27th July 2012. Thank you to all the people who generously gave of their time and energy in helping to make the day such a fantastic success. The weather was beautiful, we had some great prizes, 13 teams of 4, and we are very pleased with how the day turned out. Thank you to all the participating businesses for their generous…

Trish is a nurse and midwife with qualifications in counselling and loss and grief studies. She worked for many years in the counselling team at the Wesley Hospital, which included supporting patients and families who were dealing with wellness, adversity and facing death.

There are some things that just cannot be fully understood unless you have experienced them: The death of a child is one such experience. But sharing that experience of loss is one way many parents deal with its emotional trauma. In what has become a worldwide rite, on Sunday 11 December, bereaved parents joined together for a candle lighting service to share their loss in a poignant yet healing ceremony. This year Worldwide Candle Lighting…