This is so true. Our hospice offeres bereavement calls and ongoing grief counseling. I feel awkward when someone tells me that the hospice experience was terrible. I fight that urge to defend hospice so I can just sit with the family members and share their grief. There have been times, though, when the hospice experience was bad and the bereavement experience, that phone call, made all the difference to the family. Keep up the good work and remember--we're not called to perfection. We're called to compassion.
This is so true. Our hospice offeres bereavement calls and ongoing grief counseling. I feel awkward when someone tells me that the hospice experience was terrible. I fight that urge to defend hospice so I can just sit with the family members and share their grief. There have been times, though, when the hospice experience was bad and the bereavement experience, that phone call, made all the difference to the family. Keep up the good work and remember--we're not called to perfection. We're called to compassion.
I applaud your suggestions in your last paragraph! Thanks for your honest sharing Larry!