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Caring for the Caregiver

June 18, 2019 by Linda A Marshall 10 Comments

Depression The past few months I notice a change in my daughter’s behavior. She sleeps more (and she already sleeps a lot because daytime sleepiness is one of the symptoms of her disease), spends more time in her room, doesn’t eat as much, is even more non-communicative than usual, complains of aches and pains. After […]

Filed Under: Caregiving, Community, Friendship Tagged With: Care for the Caregiver, Challenges, Community, Friendship

There are no words …

January 10, 2019 by Linda A Marshall 20 Comments

On October 9, 2004, I had the honor of officiating at Jak and Diane’s wedding. Nontraditional in almost every way, I absolutely loved this ceremony. It tops my list of favorite wedding experiences. Jak, a former co-worker who became a good friend, married his soulmate. Their wedding, held at their home in Clifton along the […]

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: Death, Friendship, Grief, Love, Soulmates

Giving Thanks

November 19, 2018 by Linda A Marshall 18 Comments

On May 23, 2009, a year after the death of my son, six months after the death of my mother, and five months after the death of my father, on the eve of the closing on my parent’s condo, I was diagnosed with lymphoma. Following eight rounds of chemo and seventeen radiation treatments, on December […]

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: Friendship, Gratitude, Love

Grief: The Gift, The Challenge, The Process

August 15, 2018 by Linda A Marshall 8 Comments

THE GIFT In the last few years, several of my friends and I experienced significant losses. The anguish involved in loss is rarely welcomed, and often seen as the price one pays for having loved greatly. I, however, tend to look upon grief as a gift. Think of the alternative. Without great love, there would […]

Filed Under: Community, Making a difference Tagged With: Challenges, Friendship, Grief, Love, Values

Life Intervenes

August 5, 2018 by Linda A Marshall 4 Comments

This post, a continuation of my August 1 post, is about how life intervened on my and Debra Winegarten’s plans to “sing, dance, and catch up in person.” I looked forward to seeing Deb at the Story Circle Network conference and celebrating her achievements. June had been a great month for her. She spent a […]

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: Friendship, Grief, special people

An Inspiring Story of a Transformed Heart and Mind

June 13, 2018 by Linda A Marshall 2 Comments

The most important lesson I have learned in the fifty years I have spent working toward the building of a better world is that the true work of social transformation starts within. It begins inside your own heart and mind, because the battleground of human transformation is really, more than any other thing, the struggle […]

Filed Under: Community, Making a difference, Spirituality Tagged With: Change of Heart, Evolving, Friendship, Transformation, Wisdom

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