[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] We have all experienced some form of trauma keeping us from optimally moving forward in life. These experiences can be anything from loss and illness to physical or sexual abuse. Trauma takes an essential part of us, so we may not feel whole. Many times a part of...
Guest Article: Death as a Teacher
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] What is your relationship with death? For most of human history, we have carried life in one hand and death in the other. We lived closer to the earth and witnessed the creation and dissolution of life all around us every day. Death happened in our homes, and...
Guest Article: Navigating Grief in Family Law
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Something I have thought a lot about since becoming divorced and then shifting my legal practice into family law is grief. Divorce—and really anything else under the umbrella of “family law”—involves a change in family structure and routines. Changes often mean loss. And loss brings grief. I’m a lawyer,...
Guest Article: The Funeral Industry Reimagined
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Remember when nearly all weddings were held in a church? That tradition gave way to barns, beaches, and everything in between. At the same time, the traditional funeral has remained virtually unchanged. Even as our society shifted from a casket burial to cremation, with cremations becoming the prominent...
Guest Article: Saying (and Writing) the Hard Words
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] In October 2013, I used a work trip to Chicago as an excuse to bring my 9-month-old son to visit his grandparents. My mother opened the door of my parents’ high-rise condo with a strange look on her face. She welcomed us as brightly as she could, but...
Introducing Our Newest Team Member, Angela Streit!
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] I’m so pleased to announce my arrival as Of Counsel with Schromen Law, LLC! My background is full of twists and turns that have landed me exactly in the right place at 319 Ramsey, working both for Schromen Law as well as running my family law practice, Streit...
Guest Article: 5 Tips for Navigating Grief During the Holidays
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Picture this. You’re at the dining room table on Thanksgiving Day. Family is all around you. They’re laughing, sharing stories of past Thanksgiving dinners. They’re happy. But all you want to do in this moment is to be alone and cry. Maybe the tears are right there, right...
Guest Article: Everyone Knows Someone With Breast Cancer. Then Suddenly It’s You.
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Women in the United States have a 13% chance of developing breast cancer in her lifetime, so it touches everyone in some way. For this month’s guest blog post, we are happy to share the voice of a survivor, Renée Goneau Maas....
How to Help People Facing Illness or Death
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Show Up Things can be awkward at the hospital or funeral home. You want to visit and support family and friends there, but it can feel uncomfortable. You may not know what to say or how to act. It’s important you come anyway, spending time with your hurting...
Guest Article: What Am I Going To Do With All This Stuff?
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Schromen Law, LLC is here to support clients in settling loved ones’ estates, but it is the clients who do the hard work and learn the little tips and tricks along the way. Sue Kirchoff, a client of Schromen Law, has generously and vulnerably written about her experience...