<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Dear Mark and all other Lekooks,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I am so sorry to have missed the service on Sunday. My intentions were golden, my reality did not cooperate. Between the animals, the ice and a broken furnace (I am home alone on a farm) it just wasn't in the cards. Clearly, the message was powerful. Knowing how and when to share your personal story can be difficult and scary. I love our congregation for being a safe place to land.....no judgement, just compassion and kindness. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I have the honor of being on the Roger's Hospital Board and their Advocacy and Outreach Committee. Our committee work at this time focuses on stigma reduction, recognizing compassion fatigue and creating a toolkit for compassion resilience. I would love to talk to anyone who would like to learn more, but in the meantime please see below for a link to WISE....a great initiative to end stigma. Personal stories are so impactful and on the other end of a storyteller is a listener. I'm so glad to be a member of a group of people who listen with compassion.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"> <a href="https://wisewisconsin.org/">https://wisewisconsin.org/</a> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">gina magnus<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"> <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 3:22 PM Brewer Mark T via Lekooks <<a href="mailto:lekooks@lekook.org">lekooks@lekook.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Thank you so much for the kind words. I takes a village to make these things happen. Lois did an amazing job pulling together and reading all the fantastic readings. Karen
Haskell, Greg Valde, Doug Este and the entire choir added the amazing magical inspiring music.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">And all of YOU ! It is only because of all you wonderful people at LCUUC (my second home since my divorce almost 10 years ago) that I could feel so comfortable and non-judged
that I could take off the mask and reveal my own personal struggles with mental illness !
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Remember what each of you can do:
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<span lang="EN">Educate yourself. If you want to learn more there are lots of articles online and many books.
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<span lang="EN">Advocate for policy change in our health care and criminal justice systems to treat mental health patients more humanely and effectively. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_4357338649348277201MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-bottom:2.4pt;margin-left:0in">
<span lang="EN">BE someone’s support network. Go visit someone in a mental facility, because no one does, and contrary to popular belief, it is not scary or contagious ! If necessary lead an intervention. Help your friend make an appointment and take them
to the appointment. If your friend is manic, keep an eye on them if their behavior starts to become too over the top or risky, ask them if they are still taking their meds. Most bipolars love being manic so then they stop taking their meds which only makes
things worse on either end of their mood swings. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_4357338649348277201MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-bottom:2.4pt;margin-left:0in">
<span lang="EN">All of you, feel free to stop by my place unannounced anytime. 3295 Silver Lake Drive, Oconomowoc. The winter sunsets over the lake from the man cave can be amazing. Or on a hot weekend day this summer, stop by with your swimsuit, there
is always room for more on the boat ! I long for the days of my childhood where friends could just stop by someone’s house unannounced without calling or texting ahead of time. Especially if you just need to talk !
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<span lang="EN">And lastly if it is you who suffers, reach out if you need help. If you don’t have someone you can trust, you can call me 920-210-6003 anytime. I am not a medical professional, but as you heard yesterday, I have lots of experience. I will
never judge you. I will help you get the help you need even if that is just someone to talk to.
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<span lang="EN">Fight the Stigma ! <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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On Behalf Of </b>Fran B. via Lekooks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 11, 2019 7:47 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:healingrings97@yahoo.com" target="_blank">healingrings97@yahoo.com</a>; <a href="mailto:lekooks@lekook.org" target="_blank">lekooks@lekook.org</a>; Gerald Flakas <<a href="mailto:gerflak@aol.com" target="_blank">gerflak@aol.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lekooks] Mark Brewer was great<u></u><u></u></p>
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Thank you for being in my life, for being my friend.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Lekooks <<a href="mailto:lekooks-bounces@lekook.org" target="_blank">lekooks-bounces@lekook.org</a>> on behalf of Gerald Flakas via Lekooks <<a href="mailto:lekooks@lekook.org" target="_blank">lekooks@lekook.org</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 11, 2019 1:02 PM<br>
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yesterday came up and lit candles attests to how wide-spread the impact of mental illness is on family friends, and colleagues, as well as the patients themselves, and it doesn't get the attention that it should.<br>
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From: erin waters via Lekooks <<a href="mailto:lekooks@lekook.org" target="_blank">lekooks@lekook.org</a>><br>
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