Supporting You in Your Time of Grief
Tabitha’s comprehensive bereavement program offers support to spouses and family members during a time of loss.
Tabitha Hospice offers bereavement services for 18 months following the loss of your loved one.
- Individual grief support
- Grief support groups
- Educational grief events
- Phone call check-ins/support
- Remembrance services
- Mailings, including grief support, Embrace newsletter, resources and more
Tabitha Hospice Bereavement Coordinators
Our Bereavement Coordinators provide grief support following the death of your loved one.
Juanita Steenbakkers
Serving the Nebraska City Area
402.416.7365
Jason Padilla
Serving the Lincoln/Lancaster Area
402.366.6791
Dan Rogers
Serving the Grand Island, Kearney & York Areas
402.366.6791
Grief Support Groups & Remembrance Services
Tabitha is proud to offer Grief Support Groups throughout the year as a service to family members and friends experiencing the recent death of a loved one. The meetings promote healthy conversation between a Tabitha team member specifically trained in grief support and a small group of individuals going through a common experience.
The purpose of Tabitha’s grief support groups is to equip participants with the tools and resources needed to reinvest in life.
Grief Note
In the children’s book “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” fairytale world Narnia is described as “Always winter and never Christmas.”
Similarly, some say that the process of grieving feels like a “perpetual winter” — cold, isolated, dark, lonely and unending. Maybe you have felt it before, or perhaps that’s what you’re going through now.
But like the natural cycle of our world, grief is seasonal. After a long, cold winter, there comes a day where the evidence of spring arrives. It doesn’t show up all at once—a barely visible shoot here, a little bud there—yet it is change nonetheless. Sometimes it’s an early arrival, and other years it seems a little late, but it always arrives.
So too with grief.
The loss of a loved one will always hurt, but what emotions were initially overwhelming will eventually begin to change. You may shed a few less tears, give a silent smile at a fond memory or finally feel a sense of peace.
Just like spring, you won’t feel “normal” all at once, but small evidence will give you hope that life can—and will—go on. As you watch the world transition into springtime, recognize that your inward grief may follow suit.
Having trouble seeing the change or feeling stuck in your perpetual winter? Maybe it’s time to step outside of your own world and talk to a friend, family member or even a neighbor who has gone down the same road you are on. Perhaps connect with a member of your church family who understands the journey of grief. Just remember: you are not alone.
As always, don’t forget that you can contact a Tabitha Bereavement Coordinator as well.
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit, you may abound in hope.” — Romans 15:13
Grief Book and Podcast Suggestions
Sometimes finding the right book, website or podcast can help you process thoughts, feelings and provide helpful insight or information. Check out suggestions by types of loss.