by Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC Following the guidance of the CDC and the Wisconsin Department of Health, we are eliminating in- person groups, whether it is the Coffees every other Friday or the Grief Group which begins March 23. None...
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When someone loses a closed loved one, their grief often engulfs them, leaving them a different person. If your friend has lost a spouse or a child and you’re not sure how to be there for them in their grief, we have some suggestions with how to...
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Noun; Personal Day. According to the dictionary a personal day is defined as a paid or unpaid day of leave from work for reasons other than illness or vacation, take at the employee’s discretion. According to Gettysburg college, American’s...
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Recently, a friend’s young sister died unexpectedly of suicide. The entire family was traumatized. So many questions, so much pain, so much numbness. They stood together in complete shock and disbelief as they buried her and celebrated her short...
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by Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC Parents; Teaching Children about Mourning and Grief? by Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC Someone once said to me, “parents are the children’s first teachers.” What children learn, what children know, comes...
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At any time of the day our phones will ding to let you know you have a notification. It might be breaking news or a message from a friend. The days of waiting for the newspaper to arrive to tell you the current events are long gone. Now those...
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by Julia Rajtar, M.A.P.S., BCC A loved one who struggles with depression once said, “I know you are doing everything to can to help me and keep me from ending my life, but, sometimes no matter how hard you try, you can’t stop me. If I...
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There is one thing that is a guarantee in life. We all die eventually. For most we do not know when or how. The majority of us do not think about it until we are faced with sickness or other’s death. For some they will never forget the day when...
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by Julia Rajtar, BCC, M.A.P.S. My husband would hang the up the Christmas lights outside the house. Now the house is dark and so is my heart, since he died. My wife and kids used to spend time baking the cookies, making a mess and having...
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The bible tells us in the book of Job 14:5 that our “days are numbered.” For the past few weeks, I had been numbering the days. Let me explain. My Dad was ‘”promoted to Glory” nearly one year ago. Every month since the day he...
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by Chaplain Julia Rajtar, M.A.P.S., BCC When we are grieving, it can feel like we are carrying the weight of the world in our bodies, experiencing the wave of all kinds of feelings, thoughts and behaviors as we move forward with our...
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