Grief Education

Families experience the death of a loved one differently. Some deaths are expected and peaceful. Others are sudden and tragic, like the loss of a child, a spouse, or a parent. Understanding the stages of grief helps the bereaved toward a normal recovery.

The most common stages of grief are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Denial comes first: a kind of counter-shock that numbs us, so the hard reality is not faced all at once.

Anger, the second stage, matters to recovery. Healthy anger is good grief. But staying in anger without moving through the other stages leads to morbid grief, which works against recovery and can lead to chronic depression, drug use, violence, divorce, or suicide.

Deep despair, and the loss of hope and purpose, can be eased by the grace of God and by death education. Eternal life lies ahead for all believers in Jesus. We will meet the innocent children and the believers who have gone before us.

The class

The class gives families a chance to support one another and to share. Scotty uses slides to walk through the grief process together.

Classes have been held in the evenings at Avoyelles High, Bunkie High, and Marksville High, and are also offered online. They are free.

To ask about the next class or to register, call (318) 264-3480 or email dauzatvaults@gmail.com.