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38 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | MAY 2017 Our mission is to recognize all the veterans living in Four Seasons. We have more than 80 neighbors who are veterans of the many wars we've endured. They are recognized in our Honor Roll website, www.fourseasonsvets.org. We do not have structured meetings, or require dues, or costs for you to be involved. Your military service has you paid up for life. On March 30 at Noble Creek Community Center, the Beaumont Cherry Valley Recreation and Park District hosted the "Welcome Home Veterans Day" honoring veterans for their service to our country. For more information, contact Irve Sturner at (949) 422-9969 or email to irve@verizon.net. Visit www.fourseasonsvets.org to reserve a place on our Honor Roll. ~ Irve Sturner Four Seasons Veterans Bereavement Group Every month, in writing about the Bereavement Group, we discuss the overwhelming sadness that death can produce, and we invite those of you who are struggling with this sadness to join us. But what if you are not all that sad? What if the relationship with the deceased was difficult and unhappy, and the feeling of which you are most aware is relief? Or what if you had months or even years of difficult care taking, and now that it is over, you also feel relief? And what if the other dominant feeling is guilt? And as further complication, what if you think you need to hide your feelings and pretend to feel something that you do not? Well, guess what? You are just human, and human beings have all kinds of reactions to and feelings about everything, including death. And your feelings are perfectly ok, they're just feelings. And perfectly human. Those of us in this group are a small community. We have come together to share, to help ourselves and each other to navigate through a difficult time in our lives. Each of us brings our own experiences, thoughts and feelings to the community and it is in the mutuality of our exchanges that we find common, healing ground. And we do not judge each other. All of us have myriad feelings about the losses we have sustained, and often in talking about all of the feelings, we reach clarity and achieve some relief. We realize that every one of us has complicated, sometimes conflicting, feelings. Sometimes it feels very uncomfortable to talk with our family and friends about what we are going through. So we keep it to ourselves, and that just isolates us even further from those we care about at a time when we really need them. Maybe it's time for you to come to see what we can offer you. We will listen, share, care and not judge you. Believe me, we understand. We are all traveling the same road, each of us in our own way and at our own pace. But together. And that's what makes the difference. The Bereavement Group meets on Mondays from 1 to 3 pm in the Arts and Crafts Room in the Lodge. You may just walk in or if you want to talk beforehand, please contact me at (951) 922-0934 or lauriemlarson425@gmail.com. All contact is confidential. ~ Laurie Larson Vietnam Statue located in Westminster, CA