The theme of this year's women's conference from April 12-14 was: „How to deal with them... with whom?“ We focused on two topics: children and parents. How to deal with children - that is, how to raise children in these difficult times. We realize that raising children becomes a very difficult discipline that requires not only a lot of patience and resilience, but also wisdom and vigilance, empathy, and a tremendous amount of love.
The first topic was addressed by Ida Pencová, PhD, lecturer for children and adolescents in the field of ethical education and primary prevention. Ida Pencová simply knows how to talk to people. Why not, because she has years of experience, for example as a lecturer of ethics workshops in the Hope4kids organization. In addition, we were able to experience that her presentation is not only interesting and informative but also entertaining. She says that she likes life to be funny and looks for something funny in every situation. She also likes children, the black sheep of families, and misfits of all kinds. Her motto in life is "Take the whole package". A little of what lies behind this motto was revealed in her talks. She described vivaciously the various life changes of children and young people.
The second topic was: How we can communicate with our parents when, as it says in the Bible: Their years quickly pass, and we fly away. (Psalm 90)
Andrea Radomská: She graduated from the Secondary School of Health, Charity, and Social Work at the Caritas Vocational School in Olomouc and a Bachelor's degree in Social Work at the University of Olomouc. She studied psychology at the IPU in Prague and completed her studies in counseling psychology at the Institute of Theory in Brno in 2010. She has been working in the field of hospice care since 1999, and she was involved in the founding of several mobile hospices, she accompanies the dying, supports their companions, and encourages the bereaved.
Andrea spoke engagingly about death as an integral part of life. Unfortunately, mothers, fathers and sometimes even children die. These are difficult situations, and that is why professional advice and support is needed. She very often works with seriously ill patients, accompanying them until the end of their lives and at the same time communicating with the bereaved who are grieving. Often the bereaved are confronted with the inconveniences of life, including financial difficulties before all legal steps have been taken.
To support this transitional period, we organized a charity collection as part of Ráchel Činčalová's evening concert. The collection was primarily intended to help in a special case where the father and husband passed away.
Lenka Kogutová's group - today a group of young mothers whose offspring were looked after by the grandmothers - accompanied us with their songs for days.
Once again, we were able to enjoy the beautiful weather, excellent care from the staff of the Selský dvůr Hotel, excellent food, endless conversations and meetings with friends.
At the same time, we kept the philosopher Immanuel Kant's quote in mind: — 'Heaven has given human beings three things to balance the odds of life: hope, sleep, and laughter.'... and we followed this counsel.