Newaygo County Compassion Home

01/16/2026

Welcome home Keith. May the Lord bless you, keep you and give you peace. It was an honor and privilege to serve you and your family. 🙏

1/15/2026

01/11/2026

01/05/2026

A Heartfelt Thank You to the Hesperia National Honor Society!
The Compassion Home was honored to welcome members of the Hesperia National Honor Society and their advisor, Jennifer Sherburn on December 17th. The students generously created and donated handmade blankets for our guests, offering both warmth and comfort to those we serve.

We are grateful for their thoughtfulness, time, and dedication to helping others. Acts of kindness like this remind us how compassion and community truly make a difference.

01/04/2026

Welcome home Carolyn. May the Lord bless you, keep you and give you peace. It was an honor and privilege to serve you and your family. 🙏

1/3/2026

01/01/2026

Happy New Year!
As we welcome 2026, we want to take a moment to say thank you to our incredible community, supporters, volunteers, and staff. 2025 has been a year of growth, connection, and amazing things for the Compassion Home, all made possible because of your unwavering love and support for our mission.

Here’s to 2026, a year filled with growth, love, compassion, and service as we continue walking beside families and providing comfort when it matters most. At the Compassion Home, we believe that the end of life is part of living and every act of kindness makes a difference.

With gratitude,
The Newaygo County Compassion Home

01/01/2026

Welcome home Edith. May the Lord bless you, keep you and give you peace. It was an honor and privilege to serve you and your family. 🙏

12/31/2025

12/31/2025

Compassion Home Day Donor
December 31, 2025
Jon & Brandee Chase

In Loving Memory of
Our Grandparents

12/30/2025

Free Donation Available – Prevail Daily Pads

We received a generous donation of Prevail Daily Pads for bladder leaks and other uses, but this is a product we are unable to use at the Compassion Home. We would love to give these back to the community to help those who may need them. We currently have 24 cases available, with 16 pads per pack.

These are completely free of charge, our goal is simply to make sure they’re put to good use by someone who can benefit from them.
*First come, first serve.
*Please call or text 231-750-0872 if you’re interested.

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12/28/2025

Sometimes what we need most at the end of life, and in the middle of grief, isn’t answers, it is permission.

Permission to forgive ourselves for what we did or didn’t do.
Permission to release the weight we have been carrying.
Permission to let go… and to allow someone we love to let go too.

Yesterday I visited a friend whose dog had been sick a few days. I came to check on both of them. I sat down on the floor beside this dog, a dog that I helped select before he was adopted by my friend. I love him too.

I could feel it in every part of me that his body was preparing to leave. I knew in my heart that he was dying. As I gently stroked his head and back, he leaned into the love, and I whispered, “It’s okay. You can let go. I’m giving you permission to let go.” And I said, “goodbye.”

It was as if he heard me.
His body softened.
Something shifted. And I knew with every ounce of my being that he was letting go.

What comforted me most was that I knew he wasn’t in pain and I wanted to make sure that everyone else knew that too.

Before I left, I let the people who love him know how I was feeling, and to not stop holding on to hope, but that they also deserved to know what I believed in my heart. I truly believe that when we allow ourselves to acknowledge both, we are met with less shock and more peace.
He died a few hours later.

In hospice care, I witness this often. When permission is given, to rest, to release, to forgive, to let go, something inside finally exhales.

If you are standing in that tender space right now, loving someone who is dying, grieving someone you have said goodbye to, or learning how to forgive, give yourself permission…

To let go.
To say goodbye.
To forgive.
To make peace.
To love deeply… and still live fully.

When we give ourselves or others permission to do what is difficult, we are walking alongside them, instead of watching them do it alone… even when we are saying goodbye to them.

xo
Gabby
www.thehospiceheart.net

12/27/2025

Welcome home Zella. May the Lord bless you, keep you and give you peace. It was an honor and privilege to serve you and your family. 🙏

12/27/2025

12/24/2025

Welcome home Mary. May the Lord bless you, keep you and give you peace. It was an honor and privilege to serve you and your family. 🙏

12/24/2025