Peace family, grieving can be especially painful during the holidays. Gary Roe, chaplain with Hospice Brazos Valley, is going to be checking in with us for the next several weeks, and he has some tips for healing and making it through the holidays. Gary says Christmas can be a great time of year, but it can […]
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Healthy Grieving During the Holidays, Part 2: Navigating Relationships
Peace family, grieving can be especially painful during the holidays. Gary Roe, chaplain with Hospice Brazos Valley, is going to be checking in with us for the next several weeks, and he has some tips for healing and making it through the holidays. Gary says that we love holidays, but at the same time, they’re tough, […]
Healthy Grieving During the Holidays, Part 1: Managing Expectations
Peace family, grieving can be especially painful during the holidays. Gary Roe, chaplain with Hospice Brazos Valley, is going to be checking in with us for the next several weeks, and he has some tips for healing and making it through the holidays. Gary says that Christmas is a wonderful time, and a time of great […]
For Those Grieving on Father’s Day
Peace family, Father’s Day can be hard, especially for those who are grieving. Brazos Valley Hospice Chaplain Gary Roe says Father’s Day is a wonderful day, unless you’ve lost a father, in which case, it’s a very, very difficult day. There are numbers of ways to lose dads. We can lose them to death, relational […]
When Mother’s Day Hurts
Peace family, Mother’s Day brings up a lot of pain sometimes. Chaplain Gary Roe with Hospice Brazos Valley has some words of comfort for those of us who will be hurting on Mother’s Day. Gary says, it’s true that Mother’s Day isn’t fun for everyone. Some people are grieving a mother who recently passed away, […]
Grieving through Valentine’s Day, and Loss of a Child
Peace family, with February as “The Month of Love,” loss can be especially hard. If you’ve recently lost a loved one, Hospice Brazos Valley chaplain Gary Roe has some encouragement for you. When you’ve lost one of those close relationships, Valentine’s Day becomes one of those triggers for what we call, “grief bursts.” You kind […]
Grieving During the Holidays, Part V
Peace family, memories and togetherness are such a large part of the holidays, that they often sharpen our grief. If you’ve lost anyone, Chaplain Gary Roe with Hospice Brazos Valley has some good words for you. This is the last chat for this year in which Gary joins Peace 107 to speak into our places of holiday pain. […]
Grieving During the Holidays, Part IV
Peace family, memories and togetherness are such a large part of the holidays, that they often sharpen our grief. If you’ve lost anyone, Chaplain Gary Roe with Hospice Brazos Valley has some good words for you. This is the fourth of several chats in which Gary joins Peace 107 to speak into our places of holiday pain. Making a […]
Grieving During the Holidays, Part III
Peace family, memories and togetherness are such a large part of the holidays, that they often sharpen our grief. If you’ve lost anyone, Chaplain Gary Roe with Hospice Brazos Valley has some good words for you. This is the third of several chats throughout the coming weeks in which Gary will be joining Peace 107 to speak […]
Grieving During the Holidays, Part II
Peace family, memories and togetherness are such a large part of the holidays, that they often sharpen our grief. If you’ve lost anyone, Chaplain Gary Roe with Hospice Brazos Valley has some good words for you. This is the second of several chats throughout the coming weeks in which Gary will be joining Peace 107 to speak […]
Grieving During the Holidays, Part I
Peace family, as we enter Thanksgiving and the rest of the holiday season, memories and togetherness are such a large part of the holidays, that they often sharpen our grief. If you’ve lost anyone, Chaplain Gary Roe with Hospice Brazos Valley has some good words for you. This is the first of several chats throughout […]
Healthy Grieving
Peace family, grieving is difficult any time of the year, and Hospice Brazos Valley chaplain Gary Roe says that describing losing a loved one as “difficult” is an understatement. Gary says people who are grieving already are beginning to think about how difficult Thanksgiving and Christmas will be. If you are grieving, Gary says it is […]
When Grief is Public
Peace family, in the midst of so much violence and unrest, we took some time to hear from chaplain Gary Roe with Hospice Brazos Valley. Gary says it can be challenging to know how to respond to it, which is understandable. Most of our grief is private- we lose a loved one, lose a job, […]
When Father’s Day Hurts
Peace family, Father’s Day is a wonderful day to honor dads, but it can be especially difficult for people who lose dads, whether to death, emotional conflict, or divorce. Our friend Gary Roe, chaplain with Hospice Brazos Valley, says if you’ve lost your father to death, don’t dread this holiday. Instead, use it. Use it to honor your […]
Caring For Those Who Are Grieving
Peace family, our friend Gary Roe, chaplain at Hospice Brazos Valley, has written a new book called Please Be Patient, I’m Grieving: How to Care For And Support the Grieving Heart. Gary always has a lot to say for the comfort of those who are grieving, but he tells us that this book is also […]
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