Nov 17, 20212 minCelebrating Our Chaplains and Grief CounselorsNovember is National Hospice Month, but here at HPCCR, it is also the month when we acknowledge our Chaplains and Grief Counselors for...
Aug 31, 20211 minStories from the Heart - A Special Teddy BearKathy Pope and her brother, Robert Stewart, had matching tie-die shirts. When Robert’s condition worsened, their shirts became...
Jul 23, 20212 minNational Parents’ Day - An American HolidayIn 1994, Congress unanimously passed “The Parents’ Day Resolution” establishing the fourth Sunday of July as a perennial day of...
Jul 21, 20211 minJuly is Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness MonthNational Minority Mental Health Month was established in 2008 to raise awareness of the fact that mental health conditions do not...
Jul 19, 20214 minClimb for a Cause - Summiting Mount Denali in Support of Chameleon's Journey & Our Bereaved YouthSome people move mountains on behalf of a righteous cause. Terry Robertson climbed one...
Jul 7, 20212 minBereaved Parents Awareness Month - Tending A Grieving Heart, TogetherRegardless of whether the child was young or if they had lived many years, bereaved parents suffer significantly. They need our sympathy...
Jun 29, 20212 minStories from the Heart - A Gift From MomMy beautiful mother, Linda Webb, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease eight years ago at the age of 72...
Jun 18, 20211 minStories from the Heart - A Special 100th BirthdayWhen they held up the paper, she slowly began to read it out loud. This is a patient who rarely spoke. She read, slowly, “Happy….birthday….
Apr 21, 20211 minHow Does Grief Counseling Work- Especially During These Pandemic Times of Limited Personal Contact?Having a Grief Counselor to help you work through your emotions and thoughts about your loved one, share your memories, and...
Mar 31, 20211 minApril is National Counseling Awareness MonthDid you know April is National Counseling Awareness Month?
Feb 1, 20211 minPrecious MemoriesPrecious memories, unseen angels, Sent from somewhere to my soul How they linger, ever near me, And the sacred past unfolds
Sep 30, 20192 minCan You Tell Me About Grief?“Every relationship between any two people is completely unique and individual. That also means that every experience of loss and grief is..
Aug 31, 20193 minThe Pull and Tug of GriefGrief is the last act of love we have to give to those we loved. Where there is deep grief, there was great love. ~Unknown
Dec 1, 20182 minWalking Alone Through the Holidays‘When you walk through a storm, hold your head up high, and don't be afraid of the dark.’
Jun 30, 20183 minGoing Backwards to Go ForwardOne concept he talked about that made so much sense to me was the concept that you have to go backwards before you can go forward in grief.
Aug 31, 20173 minGrief - You are Not AloneGrief is the normal and natural emotional reaction to loss or change of any kind...
Sep 30, 20143 minLessons From Those Who Have LostHow does one deal with the death of an adult child; or any child?