HopeTree Family Services specializes in taking young people out of bad situations and making things better. In the area of adults with intellectual disabilities, we provide comfort, security, and the perfect environment that nurtures growth. Sometimes, however, troubling situations still happen in the lives of our residents. Recently, we lost three members of our DDM community to health issues, prolonged and sudden. A staff member died after a nine-month battle with cancer and two residents died very quickly of health complications.
All three passed away within a span of four weeks.
To have that much loss in so short a time can lead to major questions of faith. Much to their credit, our staff, the residents, and their families, were not only able to ask those questions, but search for and provide solid, comfort-giving answers.
Through major efforts to support, encourage, and comfort each other, the tight-knit community that is DDM grew even closer as a result of the passing of these three cherished individuals. They all came to rely on each other and their varying levels of Faith to come to understand that death is very much a part of life and that God had a plan for us all in transitioning to a great life with Him once we have finished with the current life he has given us.
You can read about this extraordinary situation in the upcoming issues of the Caring Times magazine and insert in the Religious Herald. If you do not receive these publications by mail, they will also be available on our website, http://www.hopetreefs.org/. Watch this space for publication announcements.
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