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Resurrections Happen Every Day

November 2, 2020 Leave a Comment

"Mostly we grow by falling apart." - Mary Sharon Moore, spiritual director Today is the Feast of All Souls. I am heavy-hearted but filled with hope. Maybe because I am, in recent years, more attuned to death and mortality. It is one of the many treasures we have in Catholicism - to pray for the … [Read more...] about Resurrections Happen Every Day

Grief· Reflections

Love Links Sorrow and Hope

April 13, 2020 Leave a Comment

I am awake early once again and it's Easter Sunday today. I glance out our back door. Dawn has not yet made its daily entrance; all remains dark, yet my heart fills with great hope in the midst of the black stillness. In many ways, it does not seem like Easter: no public Masses, no family … [Read more...] about Love Links Sorrow and Hope

Grief· Reflections

The Act of Both Living and Dying

April 10, 2020 Leave a Comment

It is early morning on Good Friday, and I can feel the weight, the heaviness, of this day. Already I am entering into a sort of death as I accompany Jesus in my heart. It is death we most fear and hate; either that, or we dance with death in a macabre, almost diabolic romance. But death is a … [Read more...] about The Act of Both Living and Dying

Grief· Reflections

Fear Ends Where Trust Begins

April 3, 2020 Leave a Comment

I've been posting often on my Facebook author page. Thought I'd share with you one of my favorite poems and my thoughts about how it applies to the collective grief we are all experiencing:*** When Sarah was born, Ben and I had no way of knowing whether she would live or die. We still do not have … [Read more...] about Fear Ends Where Trust Begins

Grief· Poetry· Reflections

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I’m Jeannie, and I believe we don’t need permission to be ourselves.

Hi, I'm Jeannie. I'm working on reinventing myself and my life in my forties, post-childbearing years. My writing has shifted to include the exploration of topics, such as permission, ambivalence, grief, destigmatizing mental illness, and motherhood.

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