I just finished “Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead,” Anne Morrow Lindbergh‘s collection of diary entries and letters. Lindbergh was such a graceful writer, and yet today she’s remembered more for her marriage to aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh than for her books. I never hear writers talk about her work, but a more eloquent writer on the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘grief’
Anne Morrow Lindbergh: She Married Adventure, and Grief
Posted in Women, Writing, tagged anne morrow lindbergh, aviation, death, grief, maine on January 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Dream a Little Bigger
Posted in Cancer, tagged aneurysm, avm, grief, lauren chapin, loss on December 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday I saw open grief at a memorial service for a friend. I can’t tell you how refreshing that was. Photographer and Kansas City Star restaurant critic Lauren Chapin had just turned 50 when she basically dropped dead at the gym. Lauren was a trim, energetic, happy wife and mother of two teenaged daughters she adored. She was in [...]
A Deeper Well
Posted in Cancer, Writing, tagged grief, loss, widow, widower on December 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In memory of friends lost, and in honor of loved ones left behind: A Deeper Well by Donna Trussell My husband’s pallbearers have thick, pink faces and the luxury of grief. I can’t make a sound. The house gels around me. I get up, I go looking at the white shoes of spring. Choose ten. [...]
Kansas to Berlin to Kansas
Posted in Cancer, Writing, tagged berlin, grief, lorelei schofield on July 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
My husband and I celebrated July 4th in an unconventional way. We considered driving to a public fireworks display, but we just couldn’t face the traffic logjams that would follow. We turned on the TV to watch Macy’s fireworks program, but we just couldn’t stand the insipid pre-show banter and singing. (Damn you American Idol [...]
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