Children and Death - Dealing with Grief - Loss of a Loved One
What's Up With Poppo?
Poppo's Half-Birthday Wish
Poppo's Very Best Trick
Bubbles For Poppo
Poppo's Memory Book
 
 
Moving on with your life when someone dies can seem difficult and scary. It is hard not to see, feel, and touch your loved one the way you did before they died, but it can be comforting to know you can continue to share with your loved one in a new way.

Written through the eyes of a young child, the POPPO Books help children understand the progression of terminal illness and eventual death. They share in one of life's greatest challenges. Follow alongside, as they journey to heal grief and loss.

POPPO'S MESSAGE OF HOPE
Poppo reminds us to find joy within each moment of our lives. He shares with us how the love we hold in our hearts is always present despite the many challenges facing children and death. He teaches us to cherish the bonds of love that will continue to grow even after the death of a loved one.
 
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Helping Children Learn to S.M.I.L.E. After Loss
November 7th, 2012 by Annie MacDonald

My mother’s passing was my first intimate experience with death. Gathered in the living room, our family surrounded her to say goodbye during her final moments. There was an unbearable sadness in me that day. I was heartbroken. It was hard to imagine how my life could go on without her.

Over the next four years, I experienced personal death twice more: Poppo, my graduate school professor, and my father-in-law, a man I affectionately called Bucko. With each loss I gained greater insight, and through the consistent practice of meditation, reflection and prayer, I began to see death with a new perspective.
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Somewhere along the way, I realized that saying goodbye is not really what death is about. Of course in one sense, I did need to say goodbye to my loved ones. How could I not? They left my physical world. But with time and healing, I found truth in the age-old adage “time heals all wounds.” I learned that with love and patience my sadness would eventually lessen, and the loss I felt would unexpectedly transform into acceptance. In fact, I discovered that I really didn’t have to say goodbye at all. Our relationship hadn’t ended. I just thought it did.

Death is a difficult but natural part of life that impacts everyone. Children mourn and yearn for their loved ones just as we do. As adults, our natural desire is to protect and shield them from the sorrow and pain that arises when loss occurs. Through the death experience, we have an opportunity to teach our children how to grieve. Our personal religious or cultural beliefs can be helpful to us, but these beliefs vary, as do the explanations of death. We need to find a way to offer a spiritual framework for children to understand death, while providing them the tools they need to help them to move beyond their grief and feel happiness once again.

As a school counselor, I have worked with many grieving children. Parents often seek guidance when a loved one has passed. Some struggle to find the words that will help their children understand. I offer to create a memory book with the child, one that embraces the lessons I have learned. In this book, the child explores S.M.I.L.E. – Share, Memories, Imagine, Love, and Enjoy, an approach that provides children with a healthy way to cope with grief. After all, when we lose someone we love, the best we can hope for is to be able to smile again.

Five steps to help children move forward after loss

Share: Share your feelings with someone you trust.
Share all your feelings with the people that love you. Whatever you are feeling, express it through writing, drawing, or talking to someone that you trust. And don’t be afraid to ask questions. Everything you have to say is important!

Memories: Remembering keeps your loved one close.
Memories are also important! Look through old photographs, participate in special traditions, share stories and spend time in places that remind you of your loved one. It doesn’t matter how you remember, simply that you do!

Imagine: Use your imagination to create mind-magic.
Imagine! Use mind magic to keep your loved one close in your heart. Imagine your loved one is with you keeping you company, just like you did when you could really be together. Feel your loved one’s spirit close to you and loving you. Your love for each other will never die.

Love: Love yourself and others too.
Love and show kindness to yourself and others in every way you can. Remember the love you shared with your loved one, and allow yourself to feel it in your heart now. Practice kindness by smiling, helping others, and by doing things that make you feel happy inside.

Enjoy: Enjoy your life in a new way.
Enjoy your life in a new way. Keep your loved one close through your memories. Imagine your loved one is still with you, and feel all the love in your heart. Find reasons to be grateful for each and every day and for all the good things that come your way.

Moving on after someone dies does not have to feel difficult and scary. With love in your heart, you can build your own bridge, one that connects you to your loved one. It’s my hope that everyone reaches for this, and learns to live joyfully in the memories of those they hold dear to their hearts.

Calgary's Child Magazine Article by Annie MacDonald  Coping with Tragedy - How to Offer Hope to Grieving Children
Written by Annie MacDonald, M.Ed.
 
Has someone important in your child’s life passed away? As a school counselor, I have worked with many grieving children. Parents often seek guidance when a loved one has passed. Some struggle to find the words that will help their children understand.

I offer to create a memory book with the child, one that embraces the lessons I have learned through my own experiences with death. In this memory book, the child explores the S.M.I.L.E. Approach – five steps I personally use to keep my loved ones close. After all, when we lose someone we love, the best we can hope for is to be able to smile again. 
   
The S.M.I.L.E. Approach: Share, Memories, Imagine, Love and Enjoy offer children tools to help them deal with their loss in a positive way. It also provides a spiritual framework for children to understand death, while giving them the tools they need to help them to move beyond their grief and feel happiness once again. By learning how to smile, children learn how to hold the relationship with their loved one in their hearts, so that it can continue to be a source of great comfort and love. They learn that life must go on and that they can continue to live and be happy with the knowledge that their loved one is still with them in their hearts, even though they may no longer be alive.

When children learn to S.M.I.L.E., they learn five key points:

1. Share. Share your feelings with someone you trust. Share all your feelings with the people that love you. Whatever you are feeling, express it through writing, drawing or talking to someone that you trust. And don’t be afraid to ask questions. Everything you have to say is important!

2. Memories. Remembering keeps your loved one close. Memories are also important. Look through old photographs, participate in special traditions, share stories and spend time in places that remind you of your loved one. It doesn’t matter how you remember, simply that you do!

3. Imagine. Use your imagination to create mind-magic. Imagine! Use mind magic to keep your loved one close in your heart. Imagine your loved one is with you keeping you company, just like you did when you could really be together. Feel your loved one’s spirit close to you and loving you. Your love for each other will never die.

4. Love. Love yourself and others, too. Love and show kindness to yourself and others in every way you can. Remember the love you shared with your loved one, and allow yourself to feel it in your heart now. Practice kindness by smiling, helping others and by doing things that make you feel happy inside.

5. Enjoy your life in a new way. Keep your loved once close through your memories. Imagine your loved one is still with you, and feel all the love in your heart. Find reasons to be grateful for each and every day, and for all the good things that come your way.
Moving on after someone dies does not have to feel difficult and scary. With love in your heart, you can build your own bridge, one that connects you to your loved one. It’s my hope that everyone reaches for this, and learns to live joyfully in the memories of those they hold dear to their hearts.
 
New Hampshire Union Leader Article by Annie MacDonald Benjamin Franklin Elementary school counselor Annie MacDonald hopes to teach young children how to handle illness, death and grieving in their lives and to learn to live joyfully in the memories of lost loved ones through her latest book on the subject.

“Poppo's Memory Book: A Child's Guide to Remember and S.M.I.L.E. After Loss” is the fifth installment in her children's book series and works as a workbook/companion guide to the third and fourth books in the series — Poppo's Very Best Trick and Bubbles for Poppo.

MacDonald started the series with “What's Up with Poppo” and “Poppo's Half-Birthday Wish.”
   
MacDonald wrote the books from the perspective of a young child and in them addresses the progression of terminal illness and eventual death of a loved one.

She began writing the books after a serendipitous reunion with a former college professor. The reintroduction was mortifying at first, she said. A friend had told her that her old Keene State College graduate school professor and mentor Stephen Smith had passed away, so she sent his family a sympathy card.

The family wrote back saying he had not died. She met with him to apologize and learned he was ill with ALS. They started up a friendship that was a rekindling of their teacher/student relationship. Except this time, “I wasn't a student there to learn about counseling. I was a student there ready to learn about dying.”

“In that time when I reconnected with him, he asked me to write a children's book for his granddaughters so they could understand what he was going through,” she said. “We talked about ways the stories could be used to help others and worked on the curriculum a little bit together. … It was an amazing journey and it really changed so many things for me and I learned so many things from that experience. He was a great teacher till the very end.”

Poppo was the name Smith's grandchildren had called him. He was to have been the illustrator of the books, but died soon after he began drawing.

“He was really an inspiration,” MacDonald said. “He talked a lot about my magic and looking at things in a positive way and believing in yourself and positive thinking and living in the moment and finding what you love doing and doing it,” she said. These lessons MacDonald learned from Smith are the foundations of the book series and what MacDonald wants to teach children, she said.

While her first four books cover illness, death, and after loss, Poppo's Memory Book is a workbook that covers S.M.I.L.E., MacDonald's approach to grieving that has tools elementary school children can use to deal with their loss in a positive way.

S.M.I.L.E. stands for Share, Memories, Imagine, Love and Enjoy.

When you can share your feelings with someone you trust, keep your loved ones close through memories, imagine a bridge between you and them, love yourself as well as those who remain and enjoy your life in a new way, you can learn to live joyfully, MacDonald said.

“That's really what we need to do. We still have a life to live. We might feel left behind, but we still have to keep going. I have to still make the best of my life and be a joy to the people around me,” she said.

While there are other books on grieving, as a counselor, MacDonald said, she has never found one before that takes her approach. MacDonald teaches kids that even though they are separated from their loved one, they don't have to feel separated. They can use their imaginations and memories and feelings to continue to have that person in their life.

“I've never seen a book that really does that. That teaches that. And that is what I wanted to teach,” MacDonald said. “We need to be able to move on in our lives. … It's about changing your perception. This person is not with me now, but they are still with me in my heart.”

Her books, unlike many others on grief, also steer clear of religious explanations or imagery. MacDonald said her books are spiritual, but never religious, so they are appropriate for all children regardless of their religious background.

“Especially as an elementary school counselor in a public school I never want to impede on anyone's beliefs systems,” she said.

By MEGHAN PIERCE, Union Leader Correspondent
   
BY MICHAEL GELBWASSER SUN CHRONICLE STAFF, FOXBORO

What started with a graduate program in counseling became a lesson in life. Annie MacDonald calls Steve Smith her mentor.

Back in 1991, she was his student and graduate assistant at Keene State College in New Hampshire. Smith, a North Attleboro High School graduate, ultimately became Annie MacDonald's Morrie Schwartz, the subject of the New York Times best-seller, "Tuesdays With Morrie."

This spring, AuthorHouse published MacDonald's "What's Up With Poppo?" a children's book about a girl whose grandfather gets progressively worse from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. MacDonald is donating a portion of the book's proceeds to the ALS Association.
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Smith, who died from complications related to the disease on Oct. 9, 2007, asked MacDonald, a former Foxboro schools' guidance counselor, to write the book.

They reunited in November 2005 at a Panera Bread in New Hampshire after MacDonald sent Smith's family a sympathy card that June when a former classmate mistakenly heard that he had died.

At the time, Smith - "Poppo" to his two granddaughters - was more than three years into his battle with ALS. "He said, 'I'd really like you to write a children's book for me on behalf of my grandchildren,'" she said. Coincidentally, MacDonald had written about "the embarrassing mistake that brought him back into my life" as the final assignment for a graduate correspondence course in writing children's literature. At that time, she had only spoken with Smith on the phone.

Her writing teacher found the story compelling - and incomplete. "I don't know if I would've pursued it if he hadn't written back to me and said, 'Your story is not done,' " said MacDonald, who worked in the Foxboro schools from 1999 to 2007. She now resides and works in New Hampshire.

"She was the one that said, 'You've been given a second chance to say goodbye. Go take it.' " MacDonald calls her relationship with Smith "my own version of 'Tuesdays With Morrie.'"

"Tuesdays With Morrie" is Mitch Albom's New York Times best-seller chronicling his reunion with one of his former college professors after a 20-year absence. Albom's professor, Morrie Schwartz, was dying at the time. The title refers to their weekly get-togethers in Schwartz's study. The book later became a TV movie starring Hank Azaria and Jack Lemmon.

Smith, MacDonald said, was "just one of those teachers that you remember. He thought outside the box, and pushed you." "I was having to learn again from my teacher. He was showing me about dying," she said.

"He laughed. He thought it was so funny I made such a stupid mistake," MacDonald said. At the time they reunited, he could barely speak, she recalled. "After a while, I didn't see it anymore, because the teacher I remembered was still in there," she said.

Smith provided a list of "all of the things he thought might scare a child" with a relative with ALS, MacDonald said. He wanted them included in the book - which he agreed to draw, but did not finish; Ashley MacNeil illustrated the book.

The book is narrated by an unnamed girl who enjoys visiting with her grandfather, "Poppo," who "giggles when I dance." As the story progresses, Poppo becomes more and more ill. The girl asks her parents, "What's up with Poppo?" and they explain in general terms, and tell her how she can help him. "Poppo's sick," Daddy says. "The muscles in Poppo's legs don't work like they used to work. He needs the wheelchair to help him move around." "Give Poppo extra hugs," says Mommy.

Smith appreciated MacDonald's tribute so much that his family mentioned it in his obituary, which ran in the Oct. 13, 2007, Sun Chronicle. He was 60. "He was an avid artist and was in the process of creating artwork for a series of children's books he was developing with a former student," the obituary states.

MacDonald said she has written four "Poppo" books. She finished the first one in the spring of 2007, and the second one, "Poppo's Half-Birthday Wish," before he died. Teacher and student also began developing a curriculum to go along with the book, she said. "He would talk about those books as part of his future, too," MacDonald said.

MacDonald wrote the third and fourth books, "Poppo's Very Best Trick," and "Bubbles for Poppo," after Smith's death. Only the first book has been published. She is unsure if she'll publish "Bubbles," in which mind-magic "takes the illness away." "It would provide a wonderful message, but I don't know if it's a realistic message for children," MacDonald said.

Foxboro students dealt with ALS several years ago. Ahern Middle School Principal William Palladino died from the disease in April 2000. He had been principal for nearly four years. The school's media center is named in his honor.
 
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After her grandfather's death, Jenny explores grief in a realistic and positive way. Through her journey to understand loss, Jenny learns that the love she shared with her Poppo is continuing to grow, even after his death. He will always be her Poppo, and that will never change!

Key Points Answers questions for children about death, and how it changes their lives Offers comfort and hope to children who have experienced a death Shows children how to feel happiness after the death of a loved one Models the importance of keeping our loved one close in our hearts - death does not end the relationship, it continues in a new way Encourages children to create rituals that help them to remember Helps children to move beyond grief to find happiness again

Bubbles for Poppo follows Jenny several months after Poppo’s death. In this fourth book of the POPPO Series, Jenny practices all the ways that her grandfather taught her to keep him close. She talks openly to her parents, and she learns that even though she cannot see or hear Poppo the way she used to before he died; he is still very much with her in her heart. Bubbles for Poppo shows us how to move on after the death of a loved one and to feel happiness again. This book is ideal for a child who needs comfort after the loss of a loved one.

Bubbles for Poppo is the fourth book in a series written by Annie MacDonald to help children cope with the failing health and death of a loved one. As with the previous three books in the series, What's up with Poppo?, Poppo's Half-Birthday Wish, and Poppo's Very Best Trick, this book is beautifully illustrated and written in a way that deals with the issue of death honestly and directly but yet is comforting and hopeful. In this book, Jenny, the delightful little girl who has lost her beloved grandfather, is still emotionally processing the loss six months later. She remembers him fondly and misses him terribly. Jenny's parents allow her to talk about him and his death freely. They encourage her to express her feelings openly. Their answers to her many questions are simple but honest. These conversations provide a positive model for parents to help their own children in the grief process. Often parents don't know what to say to their children or how to answer the questions that children naturally have about death. This book is a good place to start that conversation. Bubbles for Poppo also includes a generic spiritual framework for children to deal with death. And, in addition, to including the ritual of a visit to the cemetery, Jenny creates her own rituals that help her remember her Poppo and comfort her in her loss. Both the spiritual aspect and the rituals are important, effective methods of helping children grieve. The book ends on a positive, hopeful note as Jenny once again finds Poppo in her heart.

Annie MacDonald has created another book that would be a valuable resource for anyone helping children cope with death and loss. As a professional, I would recommend it to any helping professional working with children who have suffered a loss. As a parent, not only would I recommend it to any parent or grandparent, I would use it with my own children. Nicely done, Annie, once again!"  Terry Raposo, MSW, LICSW, Clinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist

In the First Book of the POPPO Series, Jenny is confused and afraid with all the ways her grandfather is changing. She questions her grandfather's terminal illness, and with the help of her parents she learns that Poppo's love for her will never change. Key Points Models the importance of believing in oneself Encourages expression of feelings and open communication with trusted adults Reminds us to hold love inside our hearts; it never goes away Shows us the importance of finding joy in every part of our lives Teaches us to practice and to do what we love to do

What’s up with Poppo?, The first book in the POPPO Series, specifically addresses the illness of ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis). In this story, Jenny notices all the physical changes in her grandfather as his illness progresses. As time goes on, she questions her parents, and they respond with honesty and love.

Children reading this book will come to understand how even though the physical changes from illness can be scary; the love that they share with their loved one will never go away. Ideal for children who’s loved ones are struggling with illness, What’s up with Poppo? not only offers comfort, it reminds children to find happiness in doing what they love to do.

"I wanted to tell you how touching it was especially your note on the last page about your mistake turning into an inspiration. How lucky you were to have such a mentor in your life to inspire. Poppo sounds like a man who will be dearly missed. I wish I had the funds right now to order more copies, I think it is truly wonderful. But for now I will read and share this one with anyone who is interested." -  Patient Service Coordinator, ALS Association

"I just read your book and of course I cried. But it's a beautiful story and I think some of our families would benefit from reading this (although not at one sitting) to their children. You did a fine job. Thanks for a beautifully written story. Poppo must be so proud." Shirley Eisenberg, ALS Association- Ohio Chapter

"I received What's up with Poppo?, it was fantastic!! I love what you want to get across to the children. It is so important with today's challenges." Denise George, RN The ALS Association - Michigan

Poppo teaches his granddaughter a mind magic trick, and it is his very best trick of all! Jenny learns how to keep her grandfather close, even after he dies. With Poppo's help, Jenny discovers that her grandfather will always be with her. They will always love each other and that will never change. Key Points Encourages us to stretch our minds and to believe in mind-magic Illustrates how the love we feel in our hearts never goes away, even after someone dies Reminds us to share the love we have in our hearts with others Shows us how to believe in ourselves and in the power of love Teaches us Poppo’s very best trick; when we look into our hearts, we will always know our deceased loved one is with us

Poppo's Very Best Trick In the third book of the POPPO Series, Poppo is not only a loving grandfather; he is a teacher as well. He teaches Jenny his very best trick; how to keep him close after he dies. Through recollection and the power of mind-magic, Jenny finds comfort in knowing that the love she feels in her heart will continue to grow, even after Poppo dies. Those we love never really die; they live in our hearts forever. This book is ideal for children who have experienced the death of a loved one.

"Poppo's Very Best Trick is the 3rd in a series of 4 books written by Annie MacDonald to help children deal with the death or debilitating illness of a loved adult in their lives. The book begins with Jenny remembering her grandfather, Poppo. She remembers all the fun things they did together and all the things he taught her. Jenny recalls a conversation she had with Poppo about life, death, and life after death. Though the word death is not used, this conversation provides a positive, loving framework for children to understand the death of a loved one. When Jenny's Poppo dies, the way her parents allow her to grieve openly and freely provides a wonderful, healing model for helping children deal with death including a spiritual reference to heaven and a visit to Poppo's grave; an important ritual in the grieving process that is often avoided in these times. The book ends on a positive note as Jenny understands the most valuable lesson that her Poppo taught her that those we love never really die but live on forever in our hearts.

Once again, in this beautifully illustrated book, Annie MacDonald, through her delightful character, Jenny, takes on the challenging and often ignored task of helping children deal with the truly difficult issues of life, loss, death, and dying and accomplishes that in a way that is honest, effective, and hopeful. I would recommend this book to both parents and professionals working with children. And as with Annie's previous book, Poppo's Half Birthday Wish, adults may also be surprised to find their own comfort and healing in its pages! Beautifully done, Annie, the best book so far! I look forward to the next book." Terry Raposo, MSW, LICSW, Clinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist

This workbook, the final installment of the POPPO Books, is a Child’s Guide to Remember and Smile after Loss. Through a variety of activities in this special keepsake, children are encouraged to express their feelings, ask questions, share memories, use their imagination, and find happiness beyond the sorrow that comes with loss. Key Points Provides a healing model to help children deal with loss after death Offers a spiritual framework for children to understand the loss of a loved one Addresses loss after death, honestly and directly, but remains comforting and hopefulProvides a way for children to identify and express their feelings through storytelling, creative arts, written and verbal self- expression, imagination and conversation Creates a starting place for a conversation with children about death Elicits the tough questions that arise when someone you love dies Incorporates the key points [below] through the use of the acronym S.M.I.L.E.

A Child’s Guide to Remember and S.M.I.L.E. after Loss

Share
Share your feelings with someone you trust

Memories
Remembering keeps your loved one close

Imagine
Use your imagination to create mind-magic

Love
Love yourself and others too

Enjoy
Enjoy your life in a new way
Those we love never really die; they live in our hearts forever!

"This is a great book for children and adults.  I recently lost my dad after a somewhat long illness.  I have the entire series of Poppo’s Books, and have enjoyed reading each of them.  I even read Poppo’s Half- Birthday Wish to my dad while he was sick in bed.  Since we are all children when our parents die, this really becomes a good memory book for any age.  I am glad that there is a workbook that is interactive for children where they can document and talk about their feelings.  I also lost my brother when I was very young and this would have really helped me deal with loss.  I urge anyone young and old who is dealing with the loss of a loved one to purchase at least the workbook to help begin the process of healing.  My best to all dealing with the loss of a loved one – remember to S.M.I.L.E."  Debbie Lemnah

Jenny's grandfather is no fun anymore. He can't walk or talk or do anything that he used to do before he got sick. But, Jenny is planning a big birthday surprise for her Poppo's Half-Birthday. Her biggest surprise is making his Half-Birthday wish come true! Key Points Encourages us to understand the importance of living in the present moment, and to make the most of the precious time we have with our loved ones Models a child’s unique ability to celebrate and find happiness, even in the face of illness and death Reminds us to do what we love to do, and those things that make us happy

Poppo's Half-Birthday Wish follows Jenny as she visits her Poppo during his final stage of illness to celebrate his half-birthday. In her bedroom, she collects all the things that she knows her grandfather will love. Even though Poppo is too sick to join in the celebration, Jenny creates a fun-filled half-birthday party that brings joy to them both. This book is ideal for a child who has a loved one with a terminal illness.

"In Poppo's Half Birthday Wish, Annie MacDonald takes on a most difficult issue - how to help children deal with the death or debilitating illness of a loved adult in their lives. In this beautifully illustrated book, a delightful little girl named Jenny plans a "half birthday" celebration for her beloved grandfather who is seriously ill. As Jenny recalls the many fond memories she has of her grandfather, children will be able to recall their own precious memories of their loved one, an important part of the grieving process. And as Jenny discovers what Poppo's real wish is, children reading the book will learn an effective way to put the death of a loved one in a perspective that's both comforting and hopeful. The hidden gem is this book is that the adults reading it will also find it healing! As a professional, I would recommend this book for any parent or therapist dealing with children at any stage in the grieving process but the highest praise I can give is to say that I wish it had been available when my own boys experienced the loss of their beloved grandfather. Beautifully done, Annie!" -  Terry Raposo, MSW, LICSW - Clinincal Social Worker and Psychotherapist

 
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   Owensboro, KY
   Bowling Green, KY

Louisiana
   New Orleans, LA
   Baton Rouge, LA
   Shreveport, LA
 
Maine
   Portland, ME
   Lewiston, ME
   Bangor, ME
   Auburn, ME
Maryland
   Baltimore, MD
   Gaithersburg, MD
   Frederick, MD
   Rockville, MD
   Hagerstown, MD
   Annapolis, MD

Massachusetts
   Acton, MA
   Amherst, MA
   Andover, MA
   Arlington, MA
   Beverly, MA
   Billerica, MA
   Boston, MA
   Braintree, MA
   Brookline, MA
   Brockton, MA
   Burlington, MA
   Cambridge, MA
   Chelmsford, MA
   Chelsea, MA
   Concord, MA
   Danvers, MA
   Dracut, MA
   Fall River, MA
   Framingham, MA
   Foxborough, MA
   Gloucester, MA
   Haverhill, MA
   Hingham, MA
   Hopkinton, MA
   Hudson, MA
   Ipswich, MA
   Lawrence, MA
   Lexington, MA
   Lincoln, MA
   Littleton, MA
   Lowell, MA
   Lynn, MA
   Lynnfield, MA
   Natick, MA
   Marblehead, MA
   Marlborough, MA
   Martha's Vineyard
   Medford, MA
   Melrose, MA
   Methuen, MA
   Needham, MA
   New Bedford, MA
   Newburyport, MA
   Newton, MA
   Nantucket, MA
   Norwood, MA
   North Andover, MA
   North Reading, MA
   Peabody, MA
   Pepperell, MA
   Plymouth, MA
   Quincy, MA
   Reading, MA
   Revere, MA
   Salem, MA
   Somerville, MA
   Springfield, MA
   Stoneham, MA
   Swampscott, MA
   Tewksbury, MA
   Wakefield, MA
   Waltham, MA
   Wellesley, MA
   Weymouth, MA
   Wilmington, MA
   Winchester, MA
   Woburn, MA
   Worcester, MA
Michigan
   Detroit, MI
   Grand Rapids, MI
   Warren, MI
   Flint, MI
   Lansing, MI
   Ann Arbor, MI
   Dearborn, MI

Minnesota
   Minneapolis, MN
   St. Paul, MN
   Rochester, MN

Mississippi
   Jackson, MS
   Gulfport, MS
   Biloxi, MS

Missouri
   Kansas City, MO
   St. Louis, MO
   Springfield, MO
   Independence, MO

Montana
   Billings, MT
   Missoula, MT

Nebraska
   Omaha, NE
   Lincoln, NE
   Bellevue, NE

Nevada
   Las Vegas, NV
   Henderson, NV
   Reno, NV
   Sparks, NV

New Hampshire
   Manchester, NH
   Nashua, NH
   Concord, NH
   Derry, NH
   Rochester, NH
   Dover, NH
   Portsmouth, NH
   Salem, NH
   Dover, NH
   Merrimack, NH
   Londonderry, NH
   Hudson, NH
   Laconia, NH
   Keene, NH
   Lebanon, NH
   Hanover, NH
   Tilton, NH
   Plymouth, NH

New Jersey
   Newark, NJ
   Jersey City, NJ
   Paterson, NJ
   Elizabeth, NJ
   Woodbridge, NJ
   Edison, NJ
   Dover, NJ
   Hamilton, NJ
   Trenton, NJ
New Mexico
   Albuquerque, NM
   Las Cruces, NM
   Santa Fe, NM
   Roswell, NM
   Clovis, NM

New York - NYC
   New York, NY
   Buffalo, NY
   Rochester, NY
   Yonkers, NY
   Syracuse, NY
   Albany, NY
   New Rochelle, NY
   Mount Vernon, NY
   Schenectady, NY
   Utica, NY
   Manhattan, NY

North Carolina
   Charlotte, NC
   Raleigh, NC
   Greensboro, NC
   Durham, NC
   Winston-Salem, NC
   Fayetteville, NC

North Dakota
   Fargo, ND
   Bismarck, ND

Ohio
   Columbus, OH
   Cleveland, OH
   Cincinnati, OH
   Toledo, OH
   Akron, OH
   Dayton, OH
   Parma, OH
   Youngstown, OH
   Canton, OH

Oklahoma
   Oklahoma City, OK
   Tulsa, OK

Oregon
   Portland, OR
   Salem, OR
   Eugene, OR
   Gresham, OR
   Beaverton, OR

Pennsylvania
   Philadelphia, PA
   Pittsburgh, PA
   Allentown, PA
   Erie, PA
   Reading, PA

Rhode Island
   Providence, RI
   Warwick, RI
   Cranston, RI
   Pawtucket, RI
   Woonsocket, RI
   Coventry, RI
   Cumberland, RI

South Carolina
   Columbia, SC
   Charleston, SC
   Rock Hill, SC
   Greenville, SC
   Mount Pleasant, SC
   Hilton Head, SC
South Dakota
   Sioux Falls, SD
   Rapid City, SD

Tennessee
   Memphis, TN
   Nashville, TN
   Knoxville, TN
   Chattanooga, TN
   Clarksville, TN

Texas
   Houston, TX
   San Antonio, TX
   Dallas, TX
   Austin, TX
   Fort Worth, TX
   El Paso, TX
   Arlington, TX
   Corpus Christi, TX
   Plano, TX

Utah
   Salt Lake City, UT
   West Valley City, UT
   Provo, UT

Vermont
   Burlington, VT
   Essex, VT
   Rutland, VT
   Brattleboro, VT
   Woodstock, VT

Virginia
   Virginia Beach, VA
   Norfolk, VA
   Chesapeake, VA
   Richmond, VA
   Arlington, VA
   Newport News, VA
   Hampton, VA
   Alexandria, VA

Washington
   Seattle, WA
   Tacoma, WA
   Spokane, WA
   Vancouver, WA
   Bellevue, WA

West Virginia
   Charleston, WV
   Huntington, WV

Wisconsin
   Milwaukee, WI
   Madison, WI
   Green Bay, WI
   Oshkosh, WI

Wyoming
   Cheyenne, WY
   Casper, WY

D.C.
   Washington, D.C.

 

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