by Katie Arens, LCSW — Peer Support Coordinator at The Christi Center When we find ourselves overcome with grief after losing a loved one, it can be a challenge to find the energy to care for our own day-to-day needs, much less provide care for those outside our nearest and dearest. Yet, there are proven benefits […]
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The Christi Center is a volunteer-driven organization. While we do have a small paid staff–we have close to 200 volunteers each year who contribute, on average, more than 10,000 hours annually. We’d like to spotlight some of those volunteers who are making a contribution of their time and talents–the only way we’d be able to
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by Barbara FitzPatrick 2008 was a wonderful year and one of the saddest for me. It was the year I got married and the year my brother died, with just 7 months in between events that sent me through the spectrum of emotion. I’ll never forget where I was the moment I got the call
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by The Christi Center’s Program Director, Erin Spalding Last month I was able to do a presentation on grief and working with grieving children to the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, a professional organization of female educators in Texas. It was a fantastic opportunity to meet with women who have a passion for education and
Elated. Proud. Touched. Amazed. HAPPY! We were so thrilled about your support of Amplify Austin that we had to send out one last shout-out to say THANK YOU! You gave, liked, forwarded, re-tweeted, clicked, and shared – and it made a difference! Austin just raised $5.7 million for nonprofits across the region in 24 hours.
We're doing a happy dance, thanks to you! Read More »
You may have heard us talking about a little thing called Amplify Austin over the past few weeks? In case you missed it, Amplify Austin is a city-wide day of giving. Collectively, over 400 nonprofits across Austin are trying to raise $4 million in 24 hours (6 pm March 20th to 6 pm March 21).
7 Reasons to Donate to The Christi Center TODAY (or tomorrow) Read More »
By Theresa Seibold Nothing in this world can prepare you for this moment in time. And unless someone has been down this fork of the road themselves they will not understand. The most cruel and hurtful comments from those you expect loving support from are bound to happen. Some relationships will be severed. But some
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This post is reprinted by permission of L. Phillips Thune. You can follow Linda’s grief journey on her blog, “Running for Home–In the Words of L. Phillips Thune“, as well as in her previous entries for The Christi Center blog here and here. –Lara Fall certainly came and went with its cooler winds and falling leaves, confused by
Another Year, Another Chance… Read More »
My husband, Ed, died suddenly on August 15, 2012. I find it helpful to write my thoughts, questions, and confusion into letters to him. Sometimes I can “hear” his answers. At the beginning, I never dreamed this grief journey could be so long, that the world could be so dark, that I could feel such
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Most people are not prepared for the grief journey, which at times can be devastating, frightening, and lonely. It may also seem as though there is no respite, and no end to the intense feelings that you experience. The grief journey has been compared to enduring a fierce storm at sea. The waves are peaked
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