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, disbelief, anger, guilt and depression.

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.

At Hoplin-Hitchcock Funeral Home, we strive to provide the resources to help you with the grief process. Listed below are some resources we offer.  Please contact us to help guide you towards the information, support, or counseling options you may need.

Bereavement Care Group - The Hoplin-Hitchcock Funeral Home and Pope County Hospice every fall offer a small group setting of meetings to discuss some of the issues grieving people encounter. (link to community events page)

Common Corners - Once a month we offer a time and place of meeting for widows or widowers to join together in a meal at a local restaurant. We have ongoing dates if you would like to inquire about it, please call to receive current a schedule.  (link to community events page)

Remembrances with Music - Every Sunday morning at 10:45 a.m. on KMGK 107.1 FM you may join in listening to some uplifting music as we remember those who have died.

Grief Library - Feel free to stop in and browse through our library of books with subject matter on grief and loss. We also have videos available.

Annual Christmas Service of Remembrance - The first Saturday in December we offer a Christmas service to remember those who have died in the last year. At this service, we have a speaker who addresses grief issues relating to preparing for holidays, special music and we also present an ornament to the families attending. (link to community events page)

Camp Amanda Minnesota - This camp is offered to children and teens who have experienced the death of someone close to them. It currently is offered three times a year at various locations throughout the state.

Should you prefer an online source of grief resources; the following link will also provide you with sound information to help you manage your feelings and emotions at this most difficult time.

Quiet Heart Music - Featuring Yamaha recording artist, Henry A. Wiens. Quiet Heart Music offers personalized piano solo CDs that are especially suitable as sympathy or get well gifts.

The American Hospice Foundation

GriefNet
An Internet community consisting of more than 35 email support groups and two web sites. Our integrated approach to on-line grief support provides help to people working through loss and grief issues of all kinds. Our companion site, KIDSAID, provides a safe environment for kids and their parents to find information and ask questions.

Groww
A nonprofit Internet site offering a wide variety of grief and bereavement resources. www.groww.com

Grief Watch
A site created to provide you with bereavement resources, memorial products and links that can help you through your personal loss. An excellent resource they have available is the “Tear Soup” book and video.

Hospice Care
Learn about hospice care and programs, read excerpts from hospice publications, order books and videos and learn about the annual bereavement teleconference which is co-sponsored by the Hospice Foundation of America and The Compassionate Friends.

MISS
Mothers in Sympathy and Support, a nonprofit, volunteer-based organization committed to providing emergency support to parents after the death of their baby: stillbirth, neonatal death, premature birth, congenital anomalies, SIDS, and any child’s death.

National SIDS Resource Center
Provides information services and technical assistance on sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and related topics.

SHARE
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support – SHARE’s mission is to serve those who are touched by the tragic death of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or newborn death. Web site offers packet of grief literature, information on local chapters, bi-monthly newsletter, resources.

SOS
Survivors of Suicide - A directory of SOS chapters, excerpts from their quarterly newsletter and suggestions for suicide survivors are available at this site.

The Compassionate Friends
Grief support for after the death of a child. The mission of The Compassionate Friends is to assist families in the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child and to provide information to help others be supportive.

Grief Recovery Institute
The Institute, an internationally recongnized authority, provides programs for The Compassionate Friends, The National SIDS Foundation, The National AIDS Network , The University of California at Irvine, Chapman University, and many others.

"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

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