Great griefs are like great joys: they bend time. My sister died twenty years ago. Sometimes it seems so long ago that mercifully, I can barely remember the details. Other times, those details rush back at me so sharply I have to steel myself for impact. Suicide does that. I can smile now at theContinue reading “Grief and Gratitude on Good Friday”
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Good Works, While There’s Time
International Women’s Day is upon us again. I see the hashtag du jour is #ADayWithoutWomen, referring to a gender-based strike to show the world what happens when women bow out of work for a day. They don’t get paid, for one thing. Those of us who don’t work on salary already knew that. To eachContinue reading “Good Works, While There’s Time”
Ellen Kolb 