Memory changes its character once death claims a person or people with whom a memory was shared. Grieving individuals or families tell stories about the deceased to solidify and reinforce a narrative of the dying or dead person. As someone is dying, or after someone in the family dies, a consensually created memory emerges. Sometimes […]
Creating, and Breaking, Life Patterns
by Su Swanne A few years back, as I was growing up emotionally, I read the book Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman. This book provided so much understanding about how my mother was shaped by the lack of a mother, and therefore, how my own life was influenced by her losses. March 2016 is Women’s […]
When Christmas Hurts
A huge hurt builds inside me. My father died on Christmas Day 1986. It is a familiar, old hurt. This year it is freshly layered with new hurts and loss. Five months ago the my last living brother died. He was the eldest of my siblings. 13 months ago my brother who was closest to […]
Women's Wisdom
I knew I had to write about women’s wisdom for “W” April A to Z Blogging Challenge. It has been illuminating to search through my previous writings to see what I’ve said about wisdom as I created topics for the A to Z of women’s legacy. I have found mention of what I see as several types […]