Serendipity! In my email this morning. Relates to my post of yesterday. About writing workshops.
Writing Workshops: Helpful?
Have you ever had your writing critiqued in a writing workshop? If not, you’d be in for an experience like none other. My first encounter was in one of the first writing workshops I took in the year 2000. The piece was my first attempt at writing poetry; in fact, it was one of my …
Grief at Twenty-four Months: A Rummage Sale Made Me Do It
On this second anniversary of my husband's death, I've made an unplanned purge of his belongings. Our church's rummage sale, first canceled due to the virus, then reinstated a few months later, prompted me to do it. Just two years and two days ago, Marv directed our daughter to take his cords to our church's …
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Grief at Twenty-three Months: More Writing
As I was approaching this two-year mark of my husband's death, I noticed not all is well yet as I'd hoped. I wasn't expecting the impact of loss to disappear, but I was hoping for fewer experiences of active grieving. This past month, a few members of Marv's family have passed away. That brought grieving …
Psalm 71 – a comfort for older folks
I recorded my reading of this Psalm for my church's website. My hope is that it may be a blessing to you as much as it's been to me in these uncertain times. Click below: http://www.youtube.com/watch
Grief at Twenty-two Months: Write Along with Me
Time heals all wounds is a cliché that’s been around a long time. And disputed as well. Counselor Worth Kilcrease wrote “time [alone] does not heal all wounds. A more apt saying is ‘It’s what you do with the time that heals’” (Psychology Today, April 24, 2008). Time is an “active, working process, not a …
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Stay at Home Risk – Leaping Out of Your Comfort Zone
“I’m so glad I’ve been a widow this long,” I tell folks when we talk about what it’s like to stay at home during this virus. “I’ve learned to be alone.” I’m moved to say this because of an acquaintance whose husband just died. I envision her doing the necessary paperwork without any proper closure. …
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An “Unprecedented” Sunday
Unprecedented! When you saw that word, what came to mind? I don't know about you, but I'm wearying of that term. Seems everything that's happening around us is "unprecedented" and, along with that, some not so good news follows. But something that's unprecedented that's really turning out good is my Sundays online. Some Sundays I've …
Grief at Twenty-one Months: A Fun Memory from a Long Marriage
For the past few weeks, I’ve been sorting, thinning, and throwing away files. Dozens of them. And reminiscing. Yesterday, among my writing files from the early 2000s, I found this dialogue between Marv and me and thought it would be fun to post on a Grief Anniversary. Fun memories from a fifty-five-year marriage go a …
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Today, Tuesday, only! Act soon. Tales From The Tenth-Floor Clinic only 99 cents
Deal! 99 cents today, Tuesday, 4/21/2020. Read about a nurse practitioner’s riveting experiences in a Chicago high rise. Buy for yourself and friends. Support my friend, Marianna Crane, in the process! Here's one link of several you can use!
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