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Yearly Archives: 2017
BY EVELYN WALD How old were you when you had a pet or loved one die? Many folks can remember their first significant loss — even the goldfish from Grange Fair that may have only lasted a few months. Children grieve. Alan Wolfelt, an expert on grief says: “If you’re […]
Show Your Support on Children’s Grief Awareness Day
BY BETH MCLAUGHLIN On the morning of New Year’s Day, 2017, I sat on the balcony of my condominium and gazed at the Atlantic Ocean. The sun had just risen, smearing the sky with splashes of pink and orange before being overshadowed by a smudge of slate gray clouds. I […]
In Grief, Laughter Goes with Tears
BY ELIZABETH BRADY Last Sunday, the Penn State men’s soccer team was ready to open its Big Ten season against Maryland. As the fans arrived at Jeffrey Field, my husband and daughter and I lined up beneath the bleachers along with our late son Mack’s soccer team, the Celtics. We […]
Four Years after Mack Brady’s Death, Visiting the ‘What Ifs’
BY CASEY GOODALL There is no formula for grieving. Everyone does it in his/her own time and in his/her own way. The most important point is that we do it. Grief has its way with us whether we pay attention to it or not. For me, there is no other […]
Grief Is a Journey You Take One Day at a ...
BY EVELYN WALD During the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Learning to Live: What’s Your Story? sponsored a Community Remembrance Creation event. The mission of our collaborative partnership is to encourage people to share their stories of how they are learning to live with loss — loss, grief, growth […]
Community Members Use Art to Express Grief
BY BRENDA OYLER KIM LINKEDIN GOOGLE+ PINTEREST REDDIT PRINT ORDER REPRINT OF THIS STORY I was 38 years old when my brother died suddenly. At the time of his death, I was living in another state more than eight hours away from my family. I will never forget receiving the […]
Each Loss Is Unique
Please stop by and help our Community Remembrance Creation come to life. Using art, we’ll honor lost loved ones and our grief journeys by creating a “thought bubble” to express our thoughts and feelings in a word or phrase. Grief and loss is a shared experience, so we hope you’ll […]
Community Remembrance Creation
BY JACKI HUNT The power of storytelling entered my life when National Public Radio introduced Story Corps in 2003. The stories of everyday people unfolding through interviews by a friend or relative became an important part of my week. The power of those interviews was magnified thousands of times by […]
Storytelling Has the Power to Heal
BY DIANA MALCOM AND BEN WIDEMAN We live in a community with strong seasonal patterns that have nothing to do with weather. The seasons of this big university plopped down in the middle of the State College area defines much of what the patterns of life are like for all […]