Help in the mourning offers comfort
“Since Bill’s death in late January, I’ve had three grief counseling sessions.
I feel fortunate that Pathways Hospice offers these sessions for families of their deceased patients.
I started grief counseling about three weeks after Bill died.
One of the odd things about being in counseling is I think I’m doing ‘just fine’ as I head into the session. ‘I don’t really need to be in counseling,’ I say to myself.
As the counselor and I seat ourselves comfortably in her office, we exchange pleasantries. After a few minutes, she may ask something like, ‘How are things going?’
Then I begin to talk about what’s in my heart and mind.
During my first two sessions, I recounted the days in the hospital just before Bill’s death and then the death itself — and tears flowed.”