Resources/Recommendations
Social Events and Walking Group
New Beginnings members have utilized several locations for their social events and walking group. The restaurants listed have accommodated about a dozen members usually at the lunch hour for a meal and conversation.
Doyle’s on Oak St. Brockton – www.tommydoylespub.com
Tsang’s in Hanover – www.tsangsvillagecafe.com
Grill 58 in Halifax – www.grille58.com
Ocho’s in Weymouth – www.ochocafe.com
D’Ann’s in Abington for Singo on Wednesdays – www.dannsabington.com
Good Days in West Bridgewater – www.gooddaysrestaurant.com
Stockholders in Weymouth – www.stockholderssteakhouse.com
Tinker’s Son in Norwell – www.thetinkersson.com
Note: Contact Gina Greco to join a planned walk at Webb Park in North Weymouth. Read the recommended books for understanding your grief.
Our Walking Group
Our walking group frequents Webb Park in North Weymouth, Bare Cove Park in Hingham, and the walking track at the Abington Public Library. This group tries to walk year round as weather permits. Please come and join us by contacting Gina Greco for the next planned walk. Her number is in our newsletter.
Our Monday night discussion groups have provided recommended reading material for people experiencing loss. The first seven books were recommended by the New York Times.
Understanding Your Grief, Alan D. Wolfelt
It’s OK That You’re Not OK, by Megan Devine
Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl
A Heart That Works, by Rob Delaney
Notes on Grief, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion
Sad Book, by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Quentin Blake
On Grief and Grieving, by David Kessler and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief by Martha W Hickman
When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner
The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift by Steve Leder
I Promise It Won’t Always Hurt Like This: 17 Assurances on Grief by Clare Mackintosh