A group of friends and family gathered this weekend to support a local man who is suffering from liver failure.

Officials with the Oklahoma State Department of Health say an infant in Pawnee County has died of meningococcal disease.

Camp for Grieving Children

Grief is hard work for mature adults.  It can be especially troubling for children.

Myths abound that children don’t feel a loss as keenly as adults, or that they don’t understand death, that they lack the experience to process grief, or that natural resiliency will help them bounce back.

Losing a loved one can be devastating at any age.  How children experience the death and their subsequent grief varies according to age, developmental stage, and their relationship to the deceased.  It is estimated that one in 20 children under age 15 will suffer the loss of a parent.

Professionals at Home Hospice of Grayson, Cooke and Fannin Counties know that if a child is old enough to love, he or she is old enough to grieve.   While there is no one right way to process the unique sadness of losing a parent or someone close, there is help at Camp Dragonfly.