Serenity Point Hospice LLC

10/11/2026

❤️ PLEASE DON'T EVER THINK YOU ARE A BURDEN TO SOMEONE WHO LOVES YOU. ❤️

I've been thinking a lot about something that I wish more people understood.

For some of us, caregiving is our love language.

It's how we express some of the deepest, most genuine love we have for another human being.

Some people express love through words. Some through gifts, hugs, or spending time together.

And some of us? We show our love by caring for people.

By making sure they're comfortable. By washing their hair, helping them get dressed, preparing their favorite meal, sitting beside them when they're hurting, holding their hand, or simply being there when they don't want to be alone.

It's not always glamorous. Sometimes it's exhausting. Sometimes it's messy. Sometimes we cry right alongside the person we're caring for.

But it's love.

I think about my aide Angie and how naturally caregiving comes to her. I recognize that same love language in myself.

When we care for someone, we aren't necessarily doing it because we feel obligated or because we have to.

Sometimes we do it because loving you through caregiving is exactly what our hearts WANT to do.

And here's the part I really want someone to hear today.

I know how hard it can be to accept help.

I know what it's like to be independent, to want to do everything yourself, and to feel uncomfortable when someone has to do something for you.

I understand that more than you might imagine, because I'm that person, too!

But I've learned something important.

When you refuse to let someone care for you because you're afraid of being a burden, you may unintentionally be refusing them an opportunity to express their love for you.

Please hear that with the tenderness in which it's intended.

You don't owe anyone access to your body, your home, or your personal struggles. You get to decide what help you're comfortable accepting.

And you certainly don't have to accept help just to make someone else feel good.

But if someone you love offers to care for you, please don't automatically assume you're inconveniencing them.

Maybe they genuinely want to.

Maybe holding your hand, brushing your hair, bringing you something to eat, or sitting beside you is how they say:

I love you.

You matter to me.

I'm here.

You don't have to do this alone.

And to those who are caregivers, remember this, too:

Not everyone is comfortable receiving care. Sometimes accepting help means surrendering a little independence, privacy, or control. That can be incredibly difficult.

So be patient. Respect their dignity. Listen to what they want. Love them in the ways they are willing to receive.

Because caregiving isn't about taking control of someone's life.

It's about honoring their life through love.

Jesus gave us a beautiful example of humble, loving service when He washed His disciples' feet in John 13.

Love is not always something we say.

Sometimes love kneels beside a bed.

Sometimes love holds a trembling hand.

Sometimes love washes someone's hair.

And sometimes love simply sits quietly and stays.

So if you're the one needing care today, I hope you'll remember:

Needing help does not diminish your worth.

You are not less lovable because you can no longer do everything for yourself.

You are not less deserving of dignity because your body has changed.

And you are not a burden simply because someone has to help you.

Sometimes, allowing someone to care for you is allowing them to love you in one of the most meaningful ways they know how.

❤️ Caregiving isn't just something we do. For some of us, it's one of the deepest ways we say, “I love you.”

And what an incredible privilege it is to both give and receive that kind of love. ❤️

10/11/2026

💜 FINDING SERENITY — YOU ARE NOT ALONE 💜

Walking with Christ Through Life’s Hard Seasons

Grief doesn't follow a schedule. It doesn't have a timeline, and it certainly doesn't look the same for everyone.

Some days we feel strong enough to face the world, and other days just getting through the day takes everything we have.

That's one of the reasons Finding Serenity is so close to my heart. 💜

I want everyone in our community to know that you have a place where you are always welcome, exactly as you are.

There are no memberships, no attendance requirements, no expectations, and no pressure.

Come once. Come every Wednesday. Come once a month. Come when your heart needs a little encouragement, when you have questions, when you need someone to listen, or when you simply don't want to sit alone with your grief.

You don't have to share your story until you're ready. You don't have to hold back your tears, and you certainly don't have to pretend you're doing okay when you're not.

We gather to open God's Word, encourage one another, share our experiences, and remind each other that even in life's hardest seasons, we are never beyond the reach of His love.

Sometimes we cry. Sometimes we laugh. Sometimes we just listen. And sometimes simply being in a room with people who understand makes all the difference.

Whether your loss happened yesterday, last year, or twenty years ago, you are welcome. There is no expiration date on love, and there is no deadline for grief.

🌿 JOIN US THIS WEDNESDAY!

💜 Finding Serenity — FREE Community Grief Support Group

📅 Wednesdays at 4:00 PM

📍 Evangelical Free Church of Canton — East Entrance Doors

🤍 Open to everyone in our community

💜 No cost. No registration. No attendance requirements.

📞 Questions? 309-435-7050

"The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit." — Psalm 34:18 (ESV)

We may not be able to change what brought you to grief, but we can walk alongside you as you learn to live with that loss.

You Are Not Alone. And there will always be a place for you here. 💜

09/24/2026

So many people carry chapters of their lives they wish they could tear out.

Chapters filled with grief.
Regret.
Broken relationships.
Choices they wish they could undo.
Things done to them.
Things they did while they were hurting.
Seasons they still struggle to forgive themselves for.

And sometimes I hear people say, “I know God forgives… but I don’t know if He can really use me after this.”

Then I think about Tamar.

Her story in Genesis 38 is messy, complicated, painful, and full of power, control, broken promises, judgment, and shame.

People were ready to burn her.

But God was not finished writing her story.

Generations later, when Matthew records the genealogy of Jesus, Tamar is named.

Her painful chapter was still part of her story.

But it was not her final identity.

And I absolutely love this truth:

God does not need a spotless chapter to write a redeemed story. Sometimes the very chapter people think should disqualify us becomes the place where His grace is seen most clearly.

God never confused Tamar’s worst-looking moment with her final identity.

And He does not confuse yours either.

I tell the people in our grief support group often: God is still writing your story.

You have a choice about what you do with the chapters you never wanted.

You can allow the pain, guilt, grief, rejection, anger, or shame to become the thing that defines you…

or you can place that chapter in God's hands and allow Him to redeem you through it.

Redemption does not mean pretending something terrible never happened.

It does not mean calling wrong things right.

It does not erase the loss.

It means the chapter does not get to own the ending.

You do not have to become a permanent product of what happened to you.

You can become evidence of what God can do through someone who chose to keep walking with Him.

Maybe people met you in your “Genesis 38” chapter and decided they knew your whole story.

They don't.

God is still writing Matthew 1.

Your grief does not get the final word.
Your mistake does not get the final word.
Your rejection does not get the final word.
Your shame does not get the final word.
Other people's judgment does not get the final word.

God does.

So instead of asking only,
“Lord, why did You allow my story to become this messy?”

Maybe we begin asking,

“Lord, what can You redeem through this chapter if I surrender it to You?”

Because grace has never been afraid of a messy story.

And neither is God. 💜

— Serenity Point Hospice
When Quality Care and Peace of Mind Matter Most.

09/23/2026

Ten Years Later — Grief Still Remembers
Today marks 10 years since the accident that changed our family forever and ultimately took my baby brother, JR, from us.

Ten years.
It is hard to even comprehend that much time has passed, because grief has a way of making certain moments feel as close as yesterday.

Over the years, I have learned that grief does not follow a calendar. It does not disappear because enough time has passed. It changes. It softens in some places. It surprises us in others. And sometimes an anniversary, a photograph, a song, or a memory can suddenly bring us right back to the person we miss.
But grief is also the evidence of love.

I do not want to remember JR only for the accident or the difficult days that followed. I want to remember the baby, the little boy, the teenager, the man, the brother — the whole life represented in these pictures.

That is something we talk about often through Finding Serenity Grief Support:
The person we love is so much more than the way they died.
Healing does not mean forgetting them. It does not mean we stop missing them. And it certainly does not mean we stop loving them.

Healing can mean learning how to carry the love forward while allowing God to carry the parts of grief that are too heavy for us.

Through every season of my own grief, I have come back again and again to the promise:
“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted.” — Psalm 34:18
Ten years later, I can testify that He truly has been.
Today I remember my baby brother with love, gratitude, tears, and hope.

And to anyone who is carrying a loss today — whether it has been 10 days, 10 months, 10 years, or even longer — please know this:
There is no expiration date on love, and there is no shame in still missing them.

You do not have to walk through grief alone.
❤️ Finding Serenity Grief Support

I love you, baby brother. Always. ❤️

09/19/2026

Come on out and enjoy the friendship festival parade today...

09/18/2026

💜 YOU ARE NOT ALONE. 💜
Grief changes everything.
It can feel heavy. Lonely. Confusing. Some days you may feel like you're doing okay, and the next day something as simple as a song, a photograph, an empty chair, or a familiar memory can bring it all rushing back.

You don't have to walk through it alone.
Finding Serenity – Walking with Christ Through Life's Hard Seasons is a FREE community grief support group open to anyone walking through loss. You do not have to be a Serenity Point Hospice family. There is no cost, no registration, and no expectation that you have the “right” words to say.

Come exactly as you are. 💜
Together, we find encouragement in God's Word, share when we want to share, listen when we need to listen, and walk alongside people who understand that grief doesn't follow a timetable.

📅 Wednesdays at 4:00 PM
📍 Evangelical Free Church of Canton – East Entrance Doors
💜 Free & open to the community

📞 Questions? 309-435-7050
Led by Dawn Giacabazi, Serenity Point Hospice, and Pastor Edwin Brinklow, Evangelical Free Church of Canton.

Real people. Real hope. A safer place to grieve.
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” — Psalm 34:18
💜 Hope happens here.

09/18/2026

When Grief Feels Like It Is Everywhere

Lately, it seems as though so many families in our communities are carrying loss.
Sudden accidents. Unexpected deaths. Young lives ending far too soon. Families receiving phone calls they never imagined they would receive. And sometimes circumstances are left with questions that may never be fully answered.

Grief is not always simple.
It can bring sadness, anger, disbelief, fear, frustration, regret, confusion and even a longing for justice. Sometimes all of those emotions can exist at the same time.

And while earthly accountability and justice matter, there are moments when we reach the limits of what we can understand, control or make right ourselves.
Scripture reminds us:
“Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” — Romans 12:19

That does not mean that wrongdoing does not matter. It means we were never meant to carry the weight of vengeance in our own hearts.

God sees what we cannot see.
God knows what we may never know.
God understands every wound, every unanswered question and every heart involved.
Sometimes peace does not come because we finally receive every answer.

Sometimes peace begins when we are able to say:
“Lord, You know what I do not know. You see what I cannot see. I trust what I cannot resolve into Your hands.”

During seasons when loss seems to surround us, may we be gentler with one another.
Make the phone call.
Check on the person who has been quiet.
Sit with someone who is hurting.
Pray for the families whose lives have suddenly changed.

And never assume that because someone appears strong, they are not grieving.

“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted.” — Psalm 34:18

At Serenity Point Hospice, we believe grief deserves compassion, patience, community and a safe place to be acknowledged.

You do not have to carry it alone. ❤️

07/22/2026

Caring for a loved one can feel overwhelming—but you don’t have to do it alone. 💛
At Serenity Point Hospice, we support both patients and families with compassionate care, guidance, and understanding when you need it most.
We’re here for you.
📲 Reach out today to see how we can help bring comfort and peace of mind.

07/16/2026

07/16/2026

We believe the final chapter of life should never be defined by fear. Through compassionate care, honest conversations, and Christ-centered service, we help individuals and families embrace this sacred season with peace, dignity, purpose, and hope. We strive to replace fear with understanding, uncertainty with preparation, and sorrow with a legacy of love that continues long after goodbye.