Using Art to Express (and Explore) Grief You do not need to be an artist to use art to help support the parts of you that are wounded. Making art about your loss allows your grief to be seen and makes it tangible. Making art is also about the simple joy of creating and interacting […]
5th Monday: Grief and Art Read More »
Dear Friends of the Christi Center, We’re so grateful for your support through our Heart Connections event last fall, and I wanted to write and introduce myself as the new Executive and Clinical Director of Christi Center. We’re celebrating with cake and conversation on June 20 from 4:30 to 6:30 at the Christi Center, and
A Letter from the Executive and Clinical Director Read More »
Dearest Annie, I wish I could watch you drive off with your doggie, Princess, for a fun day at the park. I wish I could learn new signs from you, even if they are curse words—smiles. I wish I could have found a way to have been better, good enough to have known how to
I Would Do Anything To Hold You Again – From”Muva” to Annie Read More »
Dear Jed, When I was 2 1/2 years old, I received the best present in the world…YOU. You were the cutest little boy I ever knew. You had the most magnificent dimples; I always wanted you to give them to me. I remember you and your best friend Timmy, growing up in Treetop Terrace, a
I Love Your Guts! From Shelley to Jed Read More »
Dear Mommy, I miss you so much all the time and miss talking to you everyday. I wasn’t ready for you to go but I know you were in pain. I take your great grandkids to see you as much as I can. They all miss you too. Isaac, Gabby, and Nana love visiting you
You Were the Best Mom – From Nikki Read More »
Gerald Wayne Clack, son of Janice Lampkin and Rev. Gary L. Clack, brother of Gary T. Gregory L. Clack. Gerald left us on June 5, 2021 and that’s a day my hold life changed. I’m telling this story of Gerald in his memories. Gerald is the youngest of the three sons that the Lord blessed
We need to stop, listen and keep the memories. From Mom Janice Read More »
Upon receiving the Christi Center Valentine’s Day card, Marlene wrote this: Thank You for the Valentine’s Day card and this greeting. It felt so good. When my husband and I first met, it was around Feb 1st.. two weeks later he came by my apartment (in Belleville, Illinois. – Scott AFB is about 7 miles
Valentine’s Day Card – A Sweet Reminder Read More »
I went to Sprouts for the first time in a long time. I didn’t have to buy chocolate-chip muffins or chocolate-chip cookies. I found a new potato chip we haven’t tried before: Uglies cheddar and sour cream. I think you would’ve loved them. I found I liked them just as much as our favorite: Keogh’s
What Is No Longer. From Amy Read More »
It’s a Chamra family tradition that Granny (Patricia Chamra) would write letters to her family and grandkids every Christmas holiday. It was always written by my cousin-in-law, Abby Peterson in the perspective from Granny. When she died, the Chamra grandkids got a Google Doc together and wrote this tribute letter to her/from her as if
Chamra Grandkids: Letter from Above! Read More »
