The Langley Hospice Society is committed to providing emotional, practical and spiritual support for people who are living with a terminal illness, their family and friends, throughout the last stages of illness, at the time of death and bereavement.
MEMORIAL WALL
Langley Hospice Society is pleased to present the Celebrate a Life memorial wall, a place where those we love are remembered.
This section is made up of writings from people who have experienced the loss through death of someone they love. In their grief journey, it has helped them to share the story of their loss. Some of the pages end with a way for you to connect directly with them.
Visit the Memorial WallLangley Hospice Society
In addition to palliative care and support for people facing life-threatening illnesses, Langley Hospice Society programs include much-needed, individual and group grief support programs, for children, teens, adults and families; education; advocacy; volunteer training; a resource library; day camps and a summer camp for grieving children and teens. Programs are FREE of charge.
Langley Hospice also operates their Second Story Treasures Thrift Store in Walnut Grove, open Tuesday to Saturday.
For more information regarding the Langley Hospice Society, please visit: www.langleyhospice.com
Grateful to our local Rotarians and their support of local organizations like the Langley Hospice Society...
You can get you 50/50 tickets via the information below ♥️
You can get you 50/50 tickets via the information below ♥️
Thank you to everyone who filled up and donated on Fuel Good Day! We are pleased to announce that we raised a grand total of $18,843.99 for BC Children's Hospital Foundation, Canuck Place Children's Hospice, Langley Hospice Society, Abbotsford Hospice Society, and Mission Hospice Society. ⭐
How to hold a space to grieve well and make space so that grief can give us the gifts of resilience, connection, depth, and wisdom
Seven Ways to Hold Space for Grief
How to hold a space to grieve well and make space so that grief can give us the gifts of resilience, connection, depth, and wisdom
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“…I can’t stop the grief or the joy so I’m splitting the difference between them and soaking up the moment…”
Hey everyone, Ria here👋🏽 The #adultread book of the week is “Splitting The Difference” by Trè Miller Rodrìguez. I’ve said it before, I’m a sucker for a good memoir and this was a really interesting read. I feel like this book would resonate most with young widows, as the author’s story is about losing her husband when she was only 34 years old. Trè writes about her marriage to Alberto, her experience of funeral planning and writing his eulogy and the weeks, months and years after his death. She talks about stumbling her way though many difficult decisions and cringing at the insensitive and tone-deaf remarks people make about her grief. Her memoir is raw and her feelings are relatable. This book can be found in audio format at Audible.ca and available to order in print at chapters.indigo.ca.
“At 18, Tré gave her newborn daughter up for adoption. At 19, her only sibling was killed in a car crash. At 34, she lost her husband to a sudden heart attack. But at 36, her teenage daughter found her on Facebook and began to reshape the course of Tré’s life. The sum of these milestones is Splitting the Difference: A Heart-Shaped Memoir, a nonfiction work that is equal parts inspiring, irreverent and heart-rending. Through sharply immediate prose, Tré unpacks her experience of being young and widowed in New York City: the “dumb sh*% people say”; the “brave face” she wears to work or social events; and the lack of solace in one-night stands. Her perspective only begins shifting when she spontaneously brings Alberto’s ashes on a trip and sets into motion the ritual of spreading him in bodies of water around the world. Traveling to Bucket List destinations like Savannah, Brazil and Cuba, Tré discovers a strategy for facing her roughest days.”
Hey everyone, Ria here👋🏽 The #adultread book of the week is “Splitting The Difference” by Trè Miller Rodrìguez. I’ve said it before, I’m a sucker for a good memoir and this was a really interesting read. I feel like this book would resonate most with young widows, as the author’s story is about losing her husband when she was only 34 years old. Trè writes about her marriage to Alberto, her experience of funeral planning and writing his eulogy and the weeks, months and years after his death. She talks about stumbling her way though many difficult decisions and cringing at the insensitive and tone-deaf remarks people make about her grief. Her memoir is raw and her feelings are relatable. This book can be found in audio format at Audible.ca and available to order in print at chapters.indigo.ca.
“At 18, Tré gave her newborn daughter up for adoption. At 19, her only sibling was killed in a car crash. At 34, she lost her husband to a sudden heart attack. But at 36, her teenage daughter found her on Facebook and began to reshape the course of Tré’s life. The sum of these milestones is Splitting the Difference: A Heart-Shaped Memoir, a nonfiction work that is equal parts inspiring, irreverent and heart-rending. Through sharply immediate prose, Tré unpacks her experience of being young and widowed in New York City: the “dumb sh*% people say”; the “brave face” she wears to work or social events; and the lack of solace in one-night stands. Her perspective only begins shifting when she spontaneously brings Alberto’s ashes on a trip and sets into motion the ritual of spreading him in bodies of water around the world. Traveling to Bucket List destinations like Savannah, Brazil and Cuba, Tré discovers a strategy for facing her roughest days.”
