Hello Grief

Lynne B. Hughes

Lynne’s mother died when she was nine and her father when she was twelve. She founded Comfort Zone Camp, as well as authored of the book You Are Not Alone: Teens Talk about Life after the Loss of a Parent.

In 1995, Lynne helped found the Motherless Daughters national organization. In 1998, she and her husband started Comfort Zone Camp, the largest bereavement camp.

Lynne was honored as one of Redbook’s Mothers and Shakers 2002, awarded to 12 women (including Laura Bush) who have helped to improve the quality of life in the United States. She has been profiled in numerous media outlets, including Parade magazine, People magazine and Parents magazine, and has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show, CBS news, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and Friends and CSPAN among others.

In June 2005, Lynne was a keynote speaker to 10,000 people at the Million Dollar Round Table’s Annual Convention held for the premier life insurance and financial planners from around the world. In September of 2005, she published her first book for Scholastic Press: You Are Not Alone: Teens Talk about Life after the Loss of a Parent. The Richmond YWCA named Lynne Outstanding Woman of the Year in the Human Relations category in April 2006.

Lynne graduated from Michigan State University in 1986 with a degree in Communications.

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