Our Mission
The Sharing Place is dedicated to providing a safe and caring environment where children, teens, and their families who are grieving the death of a loved one may share their feelings while healing themselves.
Community Shares/Utah Golf TournamentPlease mark you calendar to join us at Eaglewood Golf Course in Bountiful on August 20, 2010. Please check back for information about Sponsorship and ... Read More... |
Mountair Mile Race Spring is just aroung the corner and that means the Mountair Mile will be here in no time!! So get those bikes, tricycles, scooters, running shoes and wagons ready. With the pr... Read More... |
The Sharing Place has been a wonderful experience for our family. The staff and volunteers provide a safe haven for those who are hurting. It has been a place where the children (as well as us parents) feel safe to talk about the loss of our baby and all the emotions that go with it. It’s been two years since Ariana’s death and we continue to deal with her absence every day.
As a parent, the pain has grown duller but it is still very present. Although we are able to feel true moments of joy, they are often tinged with sadness. However, as an adult I feel I’m better able to understand and express these often confusing and difficult emotions. My children, on the other hand, have experienced grief quite differently.
Maya, now eight years old, still misses her baby sister terribly. She and Ariana had a very close connection between themselves, one that the rest of the family didn’t quite understand. The Sharing Place has helped her deal with nightmares and anxiety over the many things in life that can’t be controlled. It has given her an outlet for her grief and her many questions. At school she doesn’t feel she can talk about Ariana with anyone for fear of being singled out or made fun of.
At The Sharing Place Maya can be with other kids who know what it feels like to lose someone they love.
Anonymous teen
