by Christi Neville, LPC This week’s Kids Who Kare group will be in keeping with our October theme: continuing our bond with our departed loved one, expressed in small group sharing, and creating a Dia de los Muertos “altar” to honor that special person. Witnessing this process during our last group was inspiring. In […]
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For this final year at Old Settlers Park, a generous Tree Grove sponsor is donating TWO trees to help families honor their loved ones. Here is how it works: LEAVE A COMMENT on THIS blog post, telling us how a memorial tree would help you and your family remember your loved one. You can also enter
This piece was contributed by a member of The Christi Center community… My light went out. That’s what my kids told their therapist and it was true. It took me by surprise but I had to admit the light of my life was gone. Dead. Buried. When I look back on those early years, I
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The 2013 Memorial Tree Grove Dedication will be on Saturday, October 19th, at 10am at Old Settler’s Park in Round Rock. More than 100 attendees from 30 families will be dedicating a tree to their loved one, and your business can be a part of this special event by sponsoring the ceremony. Memorial Tree
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It takes a village to survive loss of a child. Unfortunately, I know. Dylan, my son, my only child, the light of my life, died in a car accident at the gate of his apartment complex on May 22, 2006. Dylan is forever 19 years old. My life became two parts – before May
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It takes a village to survive loss of a child. Unfortunately, I know. Dylan, my son, my only child, the light of my life, died in a car accident at the gate of his apartment complex on May 22, 2006. Dylan is forever 19 years old. My life became two parts – before May 22,
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It takes a village to survive loss of a child. Unfortunately, I know. Dylan, my son, my only child, the light of my life, died in a car accident at the gate of his apartment complex on May 22, 2006. Dylan is forever 19 years old. My life became two parts – before May 22,
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Here at The Christi Center many of us refer to the day our loved one died as an “Angel Day”. Well, today is my Pa Schnack’s Angel Day. He died on April 1, 1981. My mom said that when her brother called to tell her, she yelled at him for trying to play a bad
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Easter with my girls has always been a colorful family affair. The Easter Bunny would come while I was out with the girls and hide baskets of goodies all over the house and yard. The day I discovered cascarones made for the best Easter hunts of all. Those delicate shells filled with confetti of all
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