The Dinner Party

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October 10, 2018 a project of ServiceSpace A burden shared is a sorrow halved. A joy shared is a joy doubled. - Anonymous - The Dinner Party Loss is part of life for all of us, but the tendency in our time is to carry that burden alone. Lennon Flowers had lost her own mother to cancer and was carrying that burden alone when her friend and colleague Carla Hernandez reached out to her. Carla invited Lennon over to share dinner with other friends who'd lost a loved one, and the Dinner Party was born. Today, there are thousands of Dinner Partiers active at over 200 tables in over 90 cities and towns worldwide. Gathered around tables of shared food, age groups, and losses, participants share their stories. Around these home dinners, grief that was once felt to be isolating and unbearable becomes a source of connection and understanding between friends. Read on to find your own path to connection in loss. { read more } Be The Change Reach out to others who have lost a loved one and talk about how you are moving forward in life. To learn more about Dinner Parties go to http://thedinnerparty.org/ COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Power of Emotional Agility A Reading List For The Spirit People Helped You Whether You Knew It Or Not When Someone Threw Coffee at My Face Online 'University of Anywhere' for Refugees Pushing Through: A Poem for Grieving Hearts The Axis & the Sycamore Do Not Lose Heart: We Were Made For These Times DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 244,586 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More