The house got quiet. Your week doesn't have to.
After a loss or a divorce, the casseroles stop before the silence does. Friend Loom is opening gentle weekly calls for people rebuilding a life, the same small group, a kind host, and one hour a week where you don't have to explain the empty chair.
One email when widowed & divorced looms open, nothing else, ever.
You're on the list. We'll email you the moment widowed & divorced looms open, and you'll get first pick of a seat.
“Our friends were our friends.”
Couples scatter after a loss or a split. A loom is yours alone, no shared history, no sides to take.
“Everyone checked in for a month.”
Grief and divorce outlast other people's attention. A standing weekly call doesn't trail off, it's there in month six too.
“Evenings are the hardest part.”
The hour dinner used to fill. Many of these looms will meet then, so the hardest hour becomes the one you look forward to.
If you're 65 or over, you don't have to wait, senior looms are live now, and many members joined after a loss.
The community
Not a call you attend. A community you belong to.
Friend Loom is a private online community for people who want real connection. You share your stories, you follow the members whose lives interest you, and you join as many events as you like from your computer, phone or tablet. Members lead most of them, so the calendar changes every month. Nobody phones you, and nobody minds if you sit a week out.
Follow the members you click with
Every member has a page inside the club: where they are from, what they know about, the stories they have told. Follow anyone and you will see when they post or host something. Private to the community, invisible to the open internet.
Tell your story properly
Post the long version: where you grew up, the job nobody knows about, the year everything changed. Members read it, ask about it, and remember it next time you speak.
Circles for the things you love
Smaller rooms built around one thing: books, cards, walking, genealogy, veterans, caregivers. Join as many as you want, or start the one you wish existed.
Anyone can host an event
Put your own event on the community calendar: a hymn sing, a trivia night, a walk and talk, a lesson in the thing you are best at. We help you run it and fill the room.
A quiet room, always on
Photos, recipes, the finished puzzle, a thinking of you. Conversation carries on between events, with no feed to scroll and no likes to chase.
You are missed when you are gone
Birthdays get sung to and someone notices when you miss the events week after week.
Events all month long, most of them member led.
Join from your computer, phone or tablet, or dial in by phone.A regular rhythm every week, plus whatever members put on the calendar this month. Come to one, come to six.
Your loom hour · weekly
The same 4 to 8 people at the same hour, hosted, so it never turns into an awkward silence.
Life story hour · weekly
One member takes the floor and tells their story. Everyone else listens and asks good questions.
One thing I learned · weekly
A member teaches the community something useful: sourdough, birding by ear, reading a Medicare letter.
Joke jar · weekly, 20 minutes
Everybody brings one joke. Groaners are not only allowed, they tend to win.
Open rooms · most mornings
Coffee hours with no agenda. Stay five minutes or fifty, camera off if you like.
Member events · all month
Trivia, hymn sings, garden tours, film clubs, birthday parties. Whatever the community decides to run.