Embrace

08/21/2026

08/20/2026

This is going to be a great event! Amazing people, doing amazing things!

September 15th and 16th the Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office is hosting the 2026 Mn State TRIAD Conference. This is a free event that brings together senior citizens groups, local law enforcement, and other community members to discuss topics important to our community. Check out the topics listed below and consider coming out to the Willmar Conference Center. All we ask is that you register with us ahead of time, so we have an accurate count for the free meal and treats throughout the event.
There will also be over 20 exhibitors with information available on senior's living and aging well! (Did we mention everything is free!!!)

08/14/2026

08/07/2026

I think I just mentioned this…

I Walked In as One Person, I Left as Another

I walked in as one person.
I left as another.

I came with soft hands,
a pressed uniform,
and a heart full of hope.

I thought nursing was about skills,
tasks, and learning how to save lives.

I didn’t know it would also teach me
how to carry loss.

I didn’t know how many names
would follow me home,
how many faces would remain
long after the shift ended.

I learned to smile through silent battles,
to hold someone’s hand
while my own heart was heavy.

This work changed me.

Not in one moment,
but slowly
in hospital hallways,
quiet rooms,
and difficult goodbyes.

It made me stronger,
yet more compassionate.
More tired,
yet more human.

I walked in thinking
I would care for others.

I left knowing
they changed me too.

Somewhere between the pain and the purpose,
between the tears and the healing,

I became
a nurse.

08/07/2026

08/06/2026

Wow 🤯

Grief Doesn't Divide Families. Expectations About Grief Often Do.

One person needs to talk.

Another can't bear to mention their loved one's name.

One wants to keep every belonging exactly where it is.

Another needs to clean out the closet to survive.

One cries every day.

Another rarely cries at all.

One visits the cemetery every week.

Another never goes.

Neither person is grieving incorrectly.

They're grieving differently.

One of the greatest tragedies I have witnessed is watching families fracture after the death of someone they all loved.

Not because they didn't love each other...

But because they expected everyone to grieve the same way they did.

We mistake difference for indifference.

We assume silence means someone doesn't care.

We believe tears prove love.

We judge the sibling who returned to work quickly.

We criticize the spouse who laughs too soon.

We question the child who doesn't want to keep every photograph.

Yet grief has never been one-size-fits-all.

The same death creates a different loss for every person it touches.

A husband loses a wife.

A daughter loses a mother.

A brother loses a sister.

A grandchild loses a grandmother.

The person they lost was the same.

The relationship they lost was not.

Perhaps one of the greatest gifts we can give each other is permission to grieve differently.

Because at the end of the day...

We're all grieving the same person.

Let's not lose each other too.

07/31/2026

Good morning peeps! I woke up this morning stretched to welcome the new day and I pulled a muscle in my neck. Boo! So I am going to figure out what to do with me as that’s all I can focus on! See you next week! Remember to high five yourselves for a job well done this week!

07/24/2026

Join me at 9:15 to talk about this thing I discovered this week in the reflection of the last few weeks!

It hit me like a ton of bricks!

07/17/2026

Coffee with Krisie
Is cancelled today have a wonderful week see you next Friday!