NEWS: Dealing with Grief During the Holidays

This holiday season is a time for joy, but for some, it will also be a time of sorrow because it's the first holiday season without a loved one. Two grief experts from the Hospice of Midland and Odessa and a suicide prevention advocate who lost her brother near the holidays, share their advice to help those mourning survive the holiday.

Here is an extended conversation with Mike Butts, a Service Support Coordinator with the Hospice of Midland and Odessa, who explains how grief works and has tips for those who are grieving and mourning during the holidays. 

This video is an extended conversation with Amanda Provence, the host of this year’s International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day in Odessa.