The Gray Couch

06/02/2025

05/18/2025

It is with an extraordinarily heavy heart and swollen eyes that I must share the death of Maggie. I know she meant so much to many of you. She was a special dog with a giant heart and natural instinct for therapy dog work and will not be soon forgotten. She was old and tired and told me it was her time to go, so with many tears and much love, we helped her across the rainbow bridge peacefully and compassionately. It was the last thing we wanted and a day we hoped against all hope would never come. She loved big and loved going to work and she has touched so many lives. Thank you for loving and accepting her as part of The Gray Couch. “Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.” (Quote by Jamie Anderson)

04/03/2025

02/22/2025

Golden, but same principle!

01/06/2025

Our children's grief camp, Camp Bearable 2025, is March 21-23 at Fontainebleau State Park. The weekend-long camp allows children a space to acknowledge their grief and provides tools to cope with how they feel.

If you know of a child ages 7-12 that could benefit from this service, please email Info@TheHospiceHouse.org or call (985) 643-5470.

01/06/2025

A year and one day ago, The Gray Couch saw its first client. It’s hard to believe it has been an entire year. Upon reflection, it has been an incredible honor to hold space for our clients, to be a peripheral part of so many lives, and to witness, day in and day out, such incredible bravery, courage, and healing from within. And to send many out the door with Maggie’s personal keepsake contribution, dog hair. We thank you for the incredible honor. Here’s to another year!

12/21/2024

Good thing just begs for belly rubs and likely sends you off with some of her fur!

12/10/2024

reporting for belly rub recipient duty.