08.18.2008 | Posted by Stacy Hillmer

Beading to cope

Today, cantonrep.com announced a wonderful event happening at Aultman Hospital in Caton, Ohio, as part of its grief service program – a jewelry-making workshop.

Though lately we’ve been thinking a lot about beading parties as a way to have fun with your friends, let’s not forget that beading can also serve as therapy as we remember the lives of loved ones who have passed on. At Aultman Hospital, participants can bead bracelets to memorialize the deceased. What better way to celebrate a life than to symbolize that life with beads, then wear the beads as we carry on?

Have you ever used beading to cope with a loss in your life? Last month, Naomi wrote about making a necklace to memorialize her dog, Ginger. I think it’s such a sweet sentiment every time she wears it to the office.

Comments

  • MaryK2U said:

    One of the reasons I bead is to keep myself occupied while my son is deployed.  No one I know has gone through this, so beading is my own form of therapy.

    September 11, 2008 10:12 AM
  • T. Prough said:

    I think beading is an excellent form of therapy.  I use it personally in my own life to cope with my husband's current deployment and also to cope with my chronic illness.  I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia a bit over two years ago (during my husband's last deployment) and there are days that I am in so much pain that I don't want to get out of bed.  However, I find that those are the days that I am determined to be focused on the project at hand.

    September 14, 2008 9:16 PM

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