by Denise Torgerson | Apr 12, 2024 | Stories
Often people who come to Hospice seeking grief support will start the conversation by saying something like. “There must be something wrong with me. I must be crazy or something.” When we ask why, they share that they are feeling worse now than when the death...
by Denise Torgerson | Mar 21, 2024 | Stories
People do not understand that there are losses that happen because of the loss. When our person dies, we grieve more than just the death. And it’s not always the big things. Sometimes we grieve the gravy not being as good, or your hair not being done in the way that...
by Denise Torgerson | Feb 26, 2024 | Stories
“There are three needs of the griever: To find the words for the loss, to say the words aloud, and to know that the words have been heard.” Victoria Alexander So this is it in a nutshell. For all of the grief theories and models out there, for all of the education we...
by Denise Torgerson | Feb 12, 2024 | Stories
Oh boy, another “event” Valentine’s Day. Another reason to feel the absence of the person we have lost. For most families Valentine’s Day can be an occasion for joy and for sharing the love we have for one another. For some it is simply a reason to buy chocolate. For...
by Denise Torgerson | Jan 25, 2024 | Stories
We have said many times in the past that we are all unique in our grief. Each person will grieve in their own way in their own time. Each person will need different kinds of support depending on their history with the person that died. Along with that though, there...
by Denise Torgerson | Jan 9, 2024 | Stories
As we move into a new year, the tendency might be to just get on with it and try to leave our grief behind. I am here to say, that you we can’t leave our grief behind. The healthy grieving way is to move forward with our grief. It will start to take up less space over...
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