by Jennie Hoheisel | Nov 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
“IF WE TALK, THINGS GET BETTER” On a visit to Powell’s bookshop last summer, my wife picked up John Moe’s book, The Hilarious World of Depression. Within a few moments of looking at it, she (and I must say shockingly with a great deal of confidence given...
by Jennie Hoheisel | Nov 1, 2023 | Champions of Hope, Donors, Newsletters
Do What You Can With What You Have I have recently been enjoying some of the work of the poet Nikita Gil. The final stanza of her poem “Your Soft Heart” struck me in particular. She writes: “Kindness is the greatest endangered thing. And here you...
by Jennie Hoheisel | Aug 17, 2022 | Champions of Hope, Donors, Newsletters
DO WHAT YOU CAN WITH WHAT YOU HAVE While chatting with a couple of our therapists recently I lamented that I’d like to be back to how things were before the pandemic — fully staffed so we can meet the high demand for our services! My skilled colleagues gave me some...
by Jennie Hoheisel | Aug 17, 2022 | Champions of Hope, Donors, Newsletters
Hope is the Antidote to Fear This month our twins, Callie and Connor, turn 18. As I reflect, amid the memories of sleepless nights and lots (and lots) of diapers, one experience on the day of their birth repeatedly comes to mind. My wife, Michelle, went into labor at...
by Jennie Hoheisel | Aug 17, 2021 | Champions of Hope, Donors, Newsletters
Your generosity is felt, your faces are missed. Therapy is defined as a “treatment intended to relieve or heal.” Since March 2020 Children’s Center has been helping to heal those with wide range of mental health challenges via telehealth, but on May 10, 2021 we began...
