EXCERPT from:  “A BUTTERFLY’S JOURNEY…
…HEALING GRIEF AFTER THE LOSS OF A CHILD”

Barbara J Hopkinson reading an excerpt from her first book
“A Butterfly’s Journey… Healing Grief After the Loss of a Child”
during her book launch in Newburyport, MA

Barbara founded The Compassionate Friends of Greater Newburyport, MA in 2003 following the death of her 21-year-old son Brent in a motorcycle accident, her youngest son Robbie to stillbirth, and a baby to miscarriage.  She is very close to her remaining son, Brad.  

Wanting to do more, in 2015, she also founded A Butterfly’s Journey To A New Normal (ABJ), a nonprofit to help those struggling with grief to find their new normal.  She is a GRI certified Grief Recovery Specialist and author of several more books, including Grief Diaries.

ABJ site:  http://abutterflysjourney.org