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Creative blessing boards: A workshop full of hope in the Bietigheim hospice
On July 18th, a cemetery soirée will take place in Bietigheim-Bissingen, where blessing boards from a workshop in the hospice will be exhibited.
Creative blessing boards: A workshop full of hope in the Bietigheim hospice
A very special workshop recently took place at the Bietigheim-Bissingen hospice in which the participants creatively designed blessing boards. Under the motto “Pause in these fast times,” the participants were able to record personal sayings and thoughts on the boards. As the Bietigheim newspaper reported, the deputy nursing manager Ingrid Mockler, who has been working at the hospice for five years, presented her saying: “You see the sun go down and yet you get frightened when it gets dark.” It was the first workshop of this kind for Mockler, while Else Rieger, a volunteer, designed a board for the second time.
The workshop lasted three and a half hours and produced many different and profound results. Petra Zuccalá and Tollak commented positively on the participants' commitment and their creative expressions. The resulting blessing boards will be exhibited as part of a cemetery soirée on Friday, July 18th, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the St. Peter Cemetery in Bietigheim. The event is free and is aimed at anyone interested, with activities also available for children and young people.
Grief and support
The emotional depth associated with the topic of grief emerges in a broader context that addresses the challenges of losing a loved one. A touching text describes how much mourners long for understanding and support. They want to be taken seriously in their grief and ask not to be confronted with “kind” phrases. Instead, the need for physical closeness and silent companionship is of great importance. The text, which contains various poems and quotes about death and hope, reflects the importance of taking grief seriously and making space for the healing process. Particularly touching is the metaphor of the web of life, which is torn apart by loss, but still offers support and can be re-stabilized, as on the page Hospice care in Siegen is to be read.
The support of mourners through hospice associations has become increasingly important over the last 25 years. As the Hospice Academy reports that more and more people are seeking professional help when they are grieving, especially because the support in their social environment is often not enough. The introduction of “persistent grief disorder” in the ICD-11 has brought the topic into additional focus. A day of seminars aimed at professionals in this area offers an in-depth look at current research approaches, diagnostics and supportive methods to provide sensitive support to those who are grieving.
These diverse approaches to grief work and creative forms of expression in workshops show how important it is to deal with loss and grief in our society. It is necessary to create spaces in which mourners are listened to and in which they can find support in order to go through their individual journey through grief.