Hospice House Foundation of Western North Carolina

02/01/2023

It might allow us to heal, to be human, to be honest, to be free, to be.

But only if we extend it the kindness of including it as one of our own, not as something we need to deny or that defines us.

If that possibility speaks to you in some way, what do you notice as you consider it right now?

The acknowledgement of our grief explicitly releases a lot of energy that was bound by our implicit (unknown) experience.

We might experience this as feeling what we couldn't feel before, finally freeing tears for the first time or in a new way; we might experience this as a change in our sensory experience, feeling a shift between lightness and heaviness or feeling warmer or cooler; we might experience this as a change in our meaning channel through new images or thought formations.

It is not some cathartic experience, more of a quiet acknowledgement from me to my grief: I know you exist and are a part of me.

In this welcoming what was once a part and apart is known to be whole and held in love. There is nothing to change because it is welcome as it is.

The return of this gift from our grief to us: I allow you to exist - completes the circle of relational safety between us and our grief. It also frees us from some imagined obligation to our grief, our sadness, or our story.

We are allowed to be curious, to have moments of joy, of growth, of new love, to truly be ourselves because there is no separation between this part of our experience (grief) and the rest of us.
Our hearts are big enough for all of us.

Welcome home to you.

I'll make some tea xox-Monique
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01/30/2023

REMEMBERENCE

Yes, of course you must grieve,
Let nobody tell you not to;
When you lose a love so deep, there is an emptiness that no words can explain.

Yes, you must grieve,
But know what grief is...

Grief is rememberence,

Grief is feeling what is missing,
Yet remembering what is missing,

Grief is remembering love.

Yes, you must grieve,
For to not grieve is to forget the very purpose of our soul,
To ignore our prime connection,

But do not be mistaken,

Grief is not solitude,

It is reconnecting -

Reconnecting to the memories that love made,
Reconnecting to friends who surround us with open arms.

Grief is not regret,

Grief is appreciation -

Knowing that we have been blessed with a connection, this lifetime,
That is so strong
That it's absence
Creates emptiness.

Grief is not anger,

Grief is passion -

It is embracing the life we now live,
Taking each breath
That little deeper,
Knowing how precious
Each breath of life truly is.

It is going that extra mile to appreciate life through a perspective other than our own;
Thinking how they would experience
These moments that
We now do.

Grief is not guilt, shame,

Grief is love,

Any feeling that
Isn't love
Blocks our hearts
And minds,
From the truth of
That pure connection
That loves
Always and forever.

Yes, you must grieve,

But it was never about the loss,
It was always about remembering how much you are loved,
Always
And
Forever.

Isn't it time

To let the

Pain go?

We are not here to suffer,
My friend.

Heather Lea

01/20/2023

Never postpone love. You can postpone everything else, but not love.
~ Osho

01/03/2023

The Four Seasons Hospice Home Store's next Warehouse Sale is this Friday and Saturday, January 6th & 7th!

Have you visited our Warehouse? The Warehouse houses value furniture where we host a 2-day sale each month. You'll find a wide variety of furniture items at the warehouse, so come shop with us and support the care services of Four Seasons!

Friday & Saturday, January 6th & 7th
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
561 S Allen Rd, Flat Rock

01/01/2023

“Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.”

— Rumi

[ Art • “Relax in the Unknown” by Messiah ]

12/30/2022

A reminder of our Arctic Holiday just over a week ago. Mother Nature can be brutal at times; however, pictures bring warmth to the soul. As we say farewell to 2022, we are hopeful 2023 will bring blessings of health, healing and happiness to our Hospice House Foundation of Western North Carolina & Four Seasons, The Care You Trust family serving the needs of WNC’s hospice patients.

It was so cold this weekend, that the waterfalls in Western NC were freezing. Here’s a look at Sliver Run Falls in Nantahala National Forest, northwest of Highlands, North Carolina.

Photo: Lor Voo

12/30/2022

When a light shines as bright as yours
It can never truly fade

When a spirit is as joyful and radiant as yours
It can never truly disappear

When a voice is as powerful as yours
It can never truly leave

When a soul is as beautiful as yours
It can never truly be forgotten

And when a love is as precious as yours
It can never truly be lost.

- dedicated to all of those we love who have left us but are never truly lost

Words by Tahlia Hunter

Artwork by Breten Bryden Artist , BrydenArt.com

12/23/2022

With grateful reflection, the members of the Board of Hospice House Foundation of Western North Carolina send you wishes for peace and joy this holiday season and throughout the coming year. It will be through your generous, compassionate spirit that our rural mountain region will be blessed with a Hospice House.

Thank you!

Hospice House Foundation of WNC
Board of Directors
PO Box 815
Franklin, NC 28744
828-524-6375
www.hhfwnc.org

Wishes and thanks from the Board of Directors View as Webpage December 23, 2022 Greetings, With grateful reflection, the members of the Board of Hospice House Foundation of WNC send you wishes for pea

12/12/2022

YOUR PRAYER

only began
with words,

each one
you realize,

just
a hand
on the door
to silence,

even
in your
gathered
chanted strength

what you said
in the end
was only
a shoulder
against the grain
of wood

trying to keep
the entrance
open,

until that door
which
had been no door
at all
gave in

to necessary
grief,
which is really
only the full
understanding
of what
you were missing
all along,
which

is really
just that
vulnerability
you needed
to make
a proper
invitation,

which is really
just you
admitting
the full depth
of your love at last.

The heart-broken
heart
coming to
heart-felt rest

the opening
inside you
now filled to the
gleaming brim
and
casting
its generous beam,

the part of you
you thought
was foolish,
the wisest voice of all.
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YOUR PRAYER
From 'Still Possible'
Poetry by David Whyte
Many Rivers Press. 2022
https://davidwhyte.com/collections/new-from-david-whyte/products/still-possible..

Open Monastery Door
Ittingen, Switzerland
Photo : David Whyte
13th June 2013
..

YOUR PRAYER marks an experience, that in many ways initiated the whole cycle of experiences laid out so physically in 'Still Possible' ; witnessing the death-bed monologue of a monk at Mount Saint Bernard Abbey, in the North of England, saying he had 'given up’ praying years ago. The first thought was, in witnessing his testimony, was that at one time he had lost his faith - only to hear him then say that he had given up praying because his whole life had become a living breathing prayer, that he had lived and indeed breathed from the atmosphere of prayer for years, whether that atmosphere was given words or not. The next scene was of the monk in is coffin with all his fellow monks chanting the offices around him, the next being lowered gently into the earth. There was an intimate sense of the friendship with prayer and silence allowing a friendship with all our necessary dying; in life, as in death. DW

12/08/2022

12/08/2022

A love letter from those who have passed on…

Take the love you have for me
And radiate it outwards
Allowing it to touch and impact others

Take the memory you have of me
And use it as a source of inspiration
To live fully, meaningfully and intentionally

Take the image you have of me in your mind
And allow it to fuel you
To take action
Seize the day
And be reminded of what is most important in life

Take the care you have for me
And let it remind you
To care for yourself fully
And shower yourself with your own love

And take the pain and grief you feel
Following my loss
And alchemize it into
Love, compassion and beauty

Build a castle
From the wreckage of my passing

And allow it to unlock your greatness and potential
And empower you to become more than you ever thought you were capable of being

And know that I can never truly leave you
And will always remain beside you
Watching over you in spirit
And that the love I have for you lives on
Through the connections you form
The kindness and compassion you share
And the future relationships and friendships you cultivate.

And until we are one day reunited
I will remain with you
Through the storms and chaos of life
And am always beside you
Walking with you, laughing with you, crying with you and smiling with you

And I am proud of you for being strong
I am proud of you for being brave
And I am proud of you for being you.

Words by Tahlia Hunter

Artwork by Márfy Art, Gabriella Márfy