by HeartLight Center | Dec 9, 2024 | Heart to Heart
Hello, my name is John Dietrich and I have been associated with HeartLight for approximately two years. I learned of HeartLight after my wife of 53 years died in July of 2022. I enrolled in a virtual support group and then in the “Facing the Mourning” in...
by HeartLight Center | Nov 7, 2024 | Heart to Heart
Dear Hospice Heart, I started volunteering for hospice when I was in college, at age 19. I found such meaning in spending Sunday mornings with hospice patients and continued to volunteer for a children’s hospice when I moved to Kansas City for graduate school. I was a...
by HeartLight Center | Sep 9, 2024 | Heart to Heart
Hi friends…………………… We are now friends, fyi. We’re in a club that no one wants to be part of. But I’m glad to call you a friend, for what it’s worth. Thanks for being here (even though neither of us want to be). Imagine I’m giving you a hug right now… because I know I...
by HeartLight Center | Aug 30, 2024 | Heart to Heart
Dear Sue, Where and how do I begin to tell you what lives in my heart? I have let the music play right now as it did for the last year as we would sit together reading while you napped. I knew the rest was good for you and could never waken you before your eyes would...
by HeartLight Center | Aug 20, 2024 | Heart to Heart
My mom and I were best friends; best friends that fought and handled our emotions very differently but still…best friends. I will never forget the day she died. The phone call, the rush home, not making it in time, and the haze of the following weeks, and...
by HeartLight Center | Aug 5, 2024 | Heart to Heart
Dear Griever, I have had the honor and privilege to serve as the Community Liaison for HeartLight Center since May 2023. On April 28, 2024, on National Grief in Public Day, I served as the Celebrant for the New Beginnings spring remembrance event and delivered the...
