I still remember the beautiful sunny Friday, September 11, 1987, peeling carrots in the kitchen for my husband’s 40th birthday party. The baby wasn’t due for three weeks, but he had other ideas. As John returned home from the hospital, where he had just undergone chemotherapy treatment for his cancer, I said, “I’m sorry, butContinue reading “Memoir Writing: Embracing Life’s Pivotal Moments”
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Healing Through Memoir: The Power of Writing
For many memoirists, writing is a heavy yet healing journey. They are willing to look back, for they know that the unexamined life isn’t worth living. They understand that pain, hardship, and loss often come with something else: the realization that their story is now one they can live with and fully embrace. Hopefully, theContinue reading “Healing Through Memoir: The Power of Writing”
Overcoming Creative Drought This Holiday Season
I have a million reasons not to write: a knee pain visit to the orthopedist, a cortisone shot, a dentist appointment, and even trying out a new rug shampooer.
Memorable Halloween Moments: Crafting Your Story
Memory, when combined with happiness and imagination, infused Halloween in years to come with magic and otherworldliness, apart from day-to-day reality.
Gathering for the Timeless Story
We don’t live writing in our minds, but we welcome it as our gift to the community.
Birthdays and Beginning Again
The writing always the writing, winding its way into my life, my compass of contemplation and reflection, and hope to gather in the moment through the written word before it’s gone.
Cherishing Memories Through Writing
Yellow roses in a cream-colored Lenox vase grace my kitchen table. Thirty-seven years ago, John brought me a dozen yellow roses when our younger son, Daniel, was born. He entered my hospital room wearing turquoise-tinted aviator sunglasses. “Here’s looking at you, kid,” he said, handing me the flowers. The cool hospital room, with its fluorescentContinue reading “Cherishing Memories Through Writing”
A Wintry Mix of Memoir and Vulnerability
I have taught memoir for fifteen years, and my takeaway is always this: There is a great curiosity about where our words might lead us, coupled with the desire to learn the craft of writing.
Writing ‘Moments of Love’
January, with its bone-chilling cold and pervasive sense of isolation, can often feel daunting. Yet, as we pour our hearts into the writing of those moments of love, we uncover warmth and companionship through the written word. The art of storytelling is truly the most profound gift we can share with one another, bridging the gaps created by distance and time.
Finding Peace in an Unexpected Encounter On the Eastern Shore
The Buddhists have a saying. “Don’t judge, observe.”
