There are family or community structures wherein children learn to limit their ability to share their emotions and grief after a loss, for example, in a family where a parent or another family member is incarcerated. If an individual related to...
Read life storyLess daylight, cooler days, glorious sun rises and sets, and colored leaves escort us into the season of fall. This time of year reminds me of the last fall my dad was...
Read life storyby Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC After her father’s death, a bereaved adult daughter...
Read life storyFather’s Day is a day to show love and honor to your Father. Whether...
Read life storyIt’s already started, the tv commercials to remember your mom on mother’s day, or...
Read life storyby Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC “My loved one died a year ago, and...
Read life storyPandemic Life Lessons to Live By Life took a pretty abrupt turn for most...
Read life storyby Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC “I need to be tough for my...
Read life storyAs we get older we hear more and more stories of those around us being affected by cancer. Too many times we have friends and family who are infected with this terrible disease and too often do we lose loved ones to cancer. In honor of Breast...
Read life storyThe ads are in the paper, on tv and on the radio. Get him a grill, think about a new shirt, wash his car, a new fishing pole is nice. All this anticipation heightens our senses to the reality that many of us will not be doing any of these things...
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