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You are here: Home / Archives for tragedy

The Thing About Running

April 16, 2013 by Tracey 12 Comments

A thousand years ago, I used to be a runner. It was my sport-of-choice since I was in grade school, when we'd run for fund-raising causes, like for Terry Fox, or The Heart & Stroke Foundation. As I grew older, I moved from longer distances, to middle distances, and ended up mostly running … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Stories, Sports & Outdoors Tagged With: Boston, Boston marathon, explosions, perseverance, running, tragedy

the difference between devastation and disappointment

March 11, 2013 by Nancy

Once upon a time I had a high school job in a very high end store where which purse with which shoes were of critical importance.  One day a shipment arrived completely messed up - the manager was screaming "this is a tragedy".  I looked at him like he was nuts.   Sure this was simple semantics … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: difficulty, disappointment, life, raising teens, single mom blog, tragedy

Overwhelmed

December 19, 2012 by Jen

Can you relate? I have been sitting here for days staring at this screen looking for something profound to write about. A Holiday tip or recipe that will ease your stress and bring you back to the spirit of the season? A wise and wonderful reflection on the horrors of last week and how we can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Stress Tagged With: Christmas, gun control, holidays, overwhelmed, parenting, Sandy Hook, stress, Teens, tragedy, violence

A Lifetime of Perspective

November 23, 2012 by Jen

Eight years ago today my cousin Madeleine passed away from cancer. She was in her early 30s and a mom of two small children. It was a tragedy.At the time I was also a mom of two in my early 30s.Her death hit me like a ton of bricks. I had a good job but a long commute. I left my house in a rush … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: death, inspiration, loss, love, madeleine little joiner, parenting, perspective, tragedy

Where She Went

July 19, 2011 by Alice

This teen novel of love and loss and reunion is well worth the read. Where She WentGayle FormanDuttonISBN: 978 0 525 42294 5Audience: teensAdam Wilde's band made it big on the album he wrote - he should be on top of the world. But he wrote it out of the pain of losing his girlfriend after she … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: cello, love story, reunited, rock star, tragedy

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