A Variety of Emotions
You will probably feel a variety of emotions when you lose someone you love. The ability to make it through the death of a loved one can be challenging. You may have feelings of shock and disbelief, anger, guilt and depression.

Care for Yourself
Caring for yourself is not selfish. The period of recovery is different for every person. There is no timetable for grief, so don't compare yourself with others who have lost loved ones. Your life has changed and healing in your own way is important for the health of your mind, body and spirit. It's normal for some days to be better than others.

Waco Resources
The following resources can provide you with helpful information to help you manage your feelings and emotions at this most difficult time:

• Providence Hospice in Waco - All sessions are open to the public. Meets every Thursday night, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Providence Hospice, 4830 Lakewood Drive, Merit West Building, Suite 5 (Between Lake Air and Wooded Acres) - Call 399-9099 or (800) 625-9328.
  
• Hillcrest Hospice - Grief Support sessions available, call Linda Gilliam at Hillcrest Hospice, 3215 Pine Street, SUite 408, Phone: 254-202-5150.
• Southern Care Hospice, 1101 Wooded Acres, Suite 107, 254-751-9537
• Bluebonnett Hospice, 307 Londonderry Dr, 254-751-1790
• Texas Home Health Hospice, 3001 W. Waco Drive, 254-756-0404
  
• Grief / Share Waco - First United Methodist Church of Waco, 4901 Cobbs Avenue (located at Cobbs at Lake Air), conducts a GriefShare Seminar / Support Group. For information, contact Kate Melina, 254-772-5630.
• Western Heights Baptist Church, 6301 Bosque Blvd., Waco, 254-776-2524

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"Though grief is a natural and necessary process, it's also an extraordinarily difficult one. We're here to help mourners and those who care for them."
Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D., Director