The 30th annual Mayor’s Beans and Cornbread Luncheon is just days away.
The money goes to Hospice of Lubbock, to help give end of life care to people all over our community.
But it’s not just for them.
It’s also to help their families get through the grieving process of losing a loved one.
Linda Greenstreet’s mom and dad were both on Hospice of Lubbock’s service.
“It kind of brings a peace for the whole family,” Greenstreet explained. “I look back at that time and I think we couldn’t have done it without hospice. I mean we literally couldn’t have done it without Hospice of Lubbock. They walked us through every piece of walking through that transition.”
Greenstreet says from day one the nurses were there right by their side.
“They prayed for us and held our hand,” Greenstreet remembered. “It’s stressful for a family. Family members see things differently as you’re going through this walk and for the hospice services whether it’s the chaplain or the physican or the daily nurse if you have any qustions they immediately have the answers.”
Hospice provides the equipment, medication, and supplies you might need.
But Greenstreet says it was the spiritual help and support they provided that means to most to her.
“They were a Godsend,” Greenstreet said.
And the memories Greenstreet has from those last moments with her parents, she says, will last for the rest of her life.
“My parents were married for 60 years,” Greenstreet said. “I called him [the nurse] and I said ‘Morgan, dad has passed away.’ And he said, ‘Oh my goodness, a miracle has happened this morning.’ I’ll never forget as long as I live that he said it was a miracle. And it changed the way you looked at it because the transition of passing is where we all want to be.”
The 30th annual Mayor’s Beans and Cornbread Luncheon is Friday, March 1st from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Civic Center.
Tickets are $10 and you can buy them at the door.
All the money goes to Hospice of Lubbock.
