As the years pass and family dynamics shift Many of us are faced with difficulties in finding happiness in our ever-changing lives, and especially at the time of the holidays for people that have experienced the loss of a beloved one.
Vickie Wacaster Vickie Wacaster, patient and Hospice Advocate with Aveanna Hospice (formerly Comfort Care Hospice)
If you’ve lost someone we love, it is essential that people be aware that although death may have removed our loved ones physical body away from us, they will always be within our memories and memories. It is a lesson that grief is a process that can be the time it needs. We also know that we will be able to get through tomorrow, today and the next day, by sharing our stories with the people who are still here and receiving love from our loved ones and family.
The holiday season, or any other moment of the year that you are aware of someone who grieving, ask for prayers for them be encouraging, support them, be there for them, and try to find time to be with them. Try to talk about their grief with them. remain open-minded and do not judge them, as they are discovering their “new normal” each day at one day at.
In these final days prior to Christmas, and even as we celebrate our Christmas celebrations, we should be reminded of the real purpose of Christmas. It is a celebration of a time that was dark and in need of an uplifting Savior. Christmas is about hope and belief that one day our world will be able to experience peace and all our sorrows will be gone because God gave His Son to the world.
We wish everyone that this season of Christmas will be happy and blessed with prosperity, health happiness, peace, and God’s everlasting love.
Remember that in hospice, we believethat “There’s no better place than home during the holiday season.” Author not known
– – Vickie C. Wacaster is a patient and hospice advocate for Aveanna Hospice (formerly Comfort Care Hospice).
The article COLUMN Grief and Home for the holiday season was first published in The Andalusia Star-News.
