by Megan Hogan | May 8, 2025 | Heart to Heart
Grief during adolescence somehow becomes an adult of its own. Experiencing loss at a young age has had a profound impact on who I have become today. As a teenager, you are just trying to discover who you are, and after experiencing loss I never thought I would grow to...
by HeartLight Center | Apr 8, 2025 | Heart to Heart
Shortly after my dear, sweet husband died suddenly last year, I resurrected the following rhyming poem I had written to kickstart me on the second half of my life (as long as medical science cooperates until I reach the ripe old age of 148 years). Hopefully, it will...
by HeartLight Center | Feb 14, 2025 | Heart to Heart
When to Begin? First step alone, letting go, embracing the unknown: each action requiring conscious effort when grief, sadness or mourning create the texture of your life for such a long time. So often a day without persistent sadness seems to be followed by two or...
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...
