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  • Hope for Healing

    There’s an old adage that says, “Time heals all wounds.”  But that’s not really true.  In reality, things do generally get better over the course of time, but that’s not the same as healing.  Healing means to restore health or soundness, or to relieve distress.  Time itself can’t do any of these things.  But it’s […]

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  • A Time of Remembrance: a special invitation from our family to yours

        You and Your Extended Family are Invited to Attend “A Service of Remembrance” Krause Funeral Home   Sunday, November 29, 2015 2:00 pm at 21600 W. Capitol Drive Brookfield, Wisconsin   Wednesday, December 2, 2015 7:00 pm at 12401 W. National Ave. New Berlin, Wisconsin   Saturday, December 5, 2015 3:00 pm At […]

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  • National Children’s Grief Awareness Day

    Initiated in 2007, the National Children’s Grief Awareness Day was a way to recognize and inform communities about the significance of the forgotten grievers in our midst—children—and grief’s powerful impact on their lives.   Healing Hearts of Waukesha County, a grief support program for children, has be observing this day since 2012 and is proud to […]

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  • What’s Up Doc?

    From the common cold to chronic or terminal illness, finding the right doctor for your specific needs can be a challenging one.  For many, the choice of physician is based  exclusively on “was he or she nice enough?”  While bedside manner is important, the “niceness factor” is not enough to base a decision on when […]

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  • Coloring Outside the Lines

    Remember when you were a kid and someone sat you down at a table with a handful of crayons?   With that one simple act they set your imagination free, and you could color the world any way you saw fit.  If you chose to make a person’s face purple; super!  If you colored the sun […]

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  • Soul Killers

    James was consumed with grief years after his mother passed away from breast cancer.  She had complained for some time that she wasn’t feeling well, but James knew she could be a bit of a hypochondriac at times, so he rarely took her complaints too seriously.  He recounts how he would turn his back to her […]

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  • Are You Your Own Bully?

    We’ve all witnessed it before—a family member or friend who becomes the life of the party by making themselves the butt of every joke.  Or maybe you are that person.  Every comment opens the door for yet another quick-witted, self-inflicted jab.  And while the crowds may laugh, it’s not always funny.   The ability to enjoy […]

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  • Funeral Etiquette in Other Cultures: India

    Hinduism is the religion of the majority of people in India. With over a billion followers, Hinduism is the world’s third largest religion. Hindus believe there is only a death of the physical body; there is no death of the soul. Upon death, the soul departs or detaches from the body. The body has no […]

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