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Chronic Sorrow

Chronic Sorrow: An Unwelcome Guest

November 19, 2019 by Linda A Marshall 17 Comments

Holiday time usually means the arrival of an unwelcome guest … chronic sorrow. This normal grief response was first identified among the parents of disabled children. I wasn’t happy to hear that mothers seem to experience an increasing frequency of ups and downs. I’ve written about it before in this blog. Click here to find […]

Filed Under: Chronic Sorrow, Conscious Aging Tagged With: Advocacy, Aging, Caregiving, Chronic Sorrow, Grief, Living Loss, Loss, Miracles, Sadness, Susan Roos, The Shadow

Following Mary Oliver’s Instructions for Living a Life

February 25, 2019 by Linda A Marshall 3 Comments

“Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” ~Mary Oliver  Living a Life Valentine’s Day 2019: My heart aches as I listen to my favorite podcast, On Being. I am affected more than I realize by Krista Tippett’s conversation with Richard Davidson,  a neuroscientist and founder/director of The Center for Healthy Minds at the University of […]

Filed Under: Community, Family, Inner Life Tagged With: Chronic Sorrow, Kindness, Love, Reflections

My Chronic Sorrow Triggered

June 9, 2018 by Linda A Marshall 8 Comments

Recently intense feelings of sadness rose up in me … something like depression but intermittent. Upon reflection, I realized my chronic sorrow had been triggered. I first learned of chronic sorrow when a friend, after hearing that both my children suffered from myotonic muscular dystrophy, pointed me to this web site. I have only read […]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: Chronic Sorrow

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