“Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.” --Jane Howard, "Families"
What Has Died in Me?
“The tragedy of life is not death; rather it is what we allow to die within us while we live.” --Norman Cousins
What has died within me?
... [Continue Reading]Remembering Our Dead
“Whenever another loved one dies, all the others that went before her rise up to be counted.” --woman in an online support group for people with cancer
Tell me about your dead. List their names, write an essay about them, or paint a portrait of one particular person you loved who has died.
... [Continue Reading]Getting Up Again
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese proverb
