The Greeley Grief Center is a community
resource my niece, sister, and my sister’s numerous adopted daughters have
encouraged me to use. My niece threatened grievous bodily harm if I didn’t.
I’ve started the process. It consists of
six monthly classes each centered around a particular aspect of the grieving
process. The first one I’ve attended is titled, “You Are Not Going Crazy”. The
moderator is a pastor who spent many years working in hospices. This is a
classroom setting.
A second part is a weekly semi formal
meeting, chairs arranged in a circle, with each participant speaking about
their particular situation. The experiences I heard others speak ranged from
unexpected (heart, stroke), lingering
(Lou Gehrig disease), suicides, and accidents. No young child deaths in
this group. Several participants spoke about having the make the, “pull the
plug” decision when no DNR was in place.
Do I need this? Don’t think so but it
does no harm. People who care about me think I do need this. On the offhand
chance they are right, I’ll continue the process.
What I do need to do is get my own
affairs in order. I’ve done this in the past but it is time for a review and
update.
Now it is time to prepare for an April
blizzard on the horizon due late this afternoon. I remember one when I was in
sixth grade that filled the roads bank to bank and it was days before we could
travel anywhere.
