Seven Days Features Blake and Other Parents Who Channel Grief into Action

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Seven Days Features Blake and Other Parents Who Channel Grief into Action

May 8, 2024 by Lucy Gardner Carson

Kimberly Blake, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences

(MAY 8, 2024) Kimberly Blake, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, was featured in a Seven Days article on ways in which parents, spouses, and other family members channel the pain of losing someone to addiction, turning it into action to help others.

Blake, whose son Sean died from a fentanyl overdose in 2017 at age 27, has taken a leadership role with Vermont’s chapter of the national organization Team Sharing, a support group where parents meet monthly to share memories of their children and how they’re navigating the stages of grief.

“That grief has to go somewhere, and you can be really angry at the system,” Blake says. “And sometimes I still am angry at some of the things that happened to my son. But you can turn that into something productive.”

Read full story at Seven Days