Do Not Compare

Do Not Compare

I had a conversation with a woman a while ago that stuck with me. She was feeling bad because she was feeling sad. She told me that she had lost her grandfather. She thought that the intensity of her grief wasn’t appropriate because he was a grandfather. She said that...
Permission to Grieve

Permission to Grieve

We have people on this list that are new to grieving and we have people on this list that have been connected with Hospice for a while. No matter the time line – give yourself permission to grieve. Our society likes to have rules around grieving. Rules like, it’s time...
I Am Grieving the Loss of Myself

I Am Grieving the Loss of Myself

We don’t talk about this grief experience very often. It is a truth though. When someone we love dies, we change. Grief rocks us. My friend said, “The me that I knew is gone. I am not who I was before he died. I am grieving my son, and I am grieving myself as well. I...