ASHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Everyone goes through grief at some point in their life and it is important to get help when you need it.
Hospice facilities serve families in more ways than just providing their loved ones with a place to stay during their final days.
“It was the smartest thing I ever did,” said Darlene Tolbert, a grief counseling client with Hospice of Randolph.
Tolbert came to Hospice of Randolph at the recommendation of a friend after she lost her son to suicide.
“I wasn’t doing too good,” Tolbert said. “I was helping everybody else, but I was just kind of, one foot nailed to the floor spinning around in a circle.
Tolbert gets emotional when reflecting on what her grief counselor, Kirsten Goard, has meant for her.
“She knows how to listen,” Tolbert said of Goard. “And when she speaks, it’s wise words.”
Goard explains how common grief is and how that fact acts as a pitfall, making people feel as if it is a battle they must fight alone.
“Grief is one of the few things in life that does not discriminate; it happens to everybody,” said Goard. “And I think some people take that internally and they say everybody goes through this and I should be able to do it too.”
Tolbert emphasized that same message.
“People need to know that this service is here,” Toblert said. “Because there are people out there that are drowning.”
Hospice of the Piedmont’s grief counseling services are available to everyone, not just people who have a loved one in hospice care. There are grief counseling centers in both High Point and Asheboro.
