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May 31, 2017 Susan 4 Comments

Some time last year Elayne Clift invited me to contribute an essay to an anthology she was putting together. It…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: aging, Alzheimers, anthologies, caregiving, Clayne Clift, death, dying, Hospice, Take Care: Tales, Tips and Love From Women Caregivers

Faith on Friday: A Time to Grieve, Part 2

August 5, 2016 Susan 7 Comments

I ended my post on July 4, “A Time to Grieve,” I by saying I was no longer grieving (the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: death, death of mother, grieving, hometown, Jackson Mississippi, Journeying Through Grief, Kenneth Haugk

Mental Health Monday: A Time to Grieve

July 4, 2016 Susan 3 Comments

  This past Friday marked 40 days since my mother’s death on May 22. What’s the significance of 40 days?…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: A Time to Grieve, Covenenat Presybterian Church Jackson Mississiuppi, death, grieving, Journeying Through Grief, Kenneth Haugk

Faith on Friday: Heaven’s Lucent Kiss

June 3, 2016 Susan

  A classmate of mine from high school just sent me a beautiful card full of comforting words as I…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: death, life, Louise Moss Montgomery, Misnomer, Poet Laureate of Mississippi

Faith on Friday: Prayers for the Departed

May 27, 2016 Susan 2 Comments

I’ve begun again the tradition of reading Psalms and praying the Prayer for the Departed for my mother, which I…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: death, funerals, Memory Eternal, prayers for the dead

Mental Health Monday: Permission to Grieve

January 18, 2016 Susan 5 Comments

This is a week for grieving. A dear woman in our church passed away last week, after a seven-year battle…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: death, grieving, mourning, Orthodox funeral, Trisagion Prayers for the Dead

Faith on Friday: Memory Eternal

October 9, 2015 Susan 12 Comments

If you’ve been reading my blog for very long, you’ve heard this expression before, so you know what’s coming. In…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: death, funerals, Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church Clinton Mississippi, prayers for the dead, reaading the Psalter, Sissy Yerger, travel to Greece

Faith on Friday: The Things You Miss

May 10, 2013 Susan 8 Comments

In my post on Monday about the 2013 Oxford Creative Nonfiction Conference, I mentioned Lee Gutkind’s remarks about the sacrifices…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: burial, death, Dinty Moore, Easter, graves, Jessica Handler, Lee Gutkind, Orthodoxy, Pascha, prayers, resurrection, The Angel Cried

Faith on Friday: Shattering Idols

March 15, 2013 Susan

My dear friend (and Goddaughter) Sue lost her mother on Tuesday. She lived out her final years in a nursing…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: aging, Amen, Anne Lamott, death, doubt, dying, Father Josiah Trenham, Help Thanks Wow, Kallistos Ware, Orthodoxy, St. Andrews Orthodox Church Riverside California, The Inner Kingdom, The Word Magazine

Mental Health Monday: Death and Blackberries

February 25, 2013 Susan 1 Comment

Last October I woke up on a rainy Monday (like today) with Karen Carpenter’s words, “Rainy days and Mondays always…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anne Lamott, death, Help Thanks Wow, Joe Davis, Karen Carpenter, live like I was dying, Manassas High School Memphis Tennessee, Memory Eternal, picking blackberries, Rainy Days and Mondays

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