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Navigating Grief
“I’m turning in my resignation,” I said peering away from the chaplain in the medical center. She answered me with a simple, “Why?” “I could barely keep from crying myself,” I confessed. After several weeks of training at a psychoanalysis institute in downtown...
Navigating Grief
“I’m turning in my resignation,” I said peering away from the chaplain in the medical center. She answered me with a simple, “Why?” “I could barely keep from crying myself,” I confessed. After several weeks of training at a psychoanalysis institute in downtown...
Creative Children
“Creativity takes courage.”- Henri Matisse “Dance is for everybody. It’s a way to express yourself, to tell a story.”- Alvin Ailey “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”- Maya Angelou 5-year-old Sage participating in an American...
Creative Children
“Creativity takes courage.”- Henri Matisse “Dance is for everybody. It’s a way to express yourself, to tell a story.”- Alvin Ailey “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”- Maya Angelou 5-year-old Sage participating in an American...
Choose Courage
If I had to live my life over again, I'd dare to make more mistakes next time. I'd relax. I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances. I would take more trips. I would climb more...
Choose Courage
If I had to live my life over again, I'd dare to make more mistakes next time. I'd relax. I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances. I would take more trips. I would climb more...
Father’s Day 2024
My world took a nosedive on September 15, 2001, when my dad died. Nothing can prepare you for the grief. I was a daddy's girl; I look like him and had a mole on my right hand in the same place he had one. Nothing can prepare you for the grief. Psychologist and author...
Father’s Day 2024
My world took a nosedive on September 15, 2001, when my dad died. Nothing can prepare you for the grief. I was a daddy's girl; I look like him and had a mole on my right hand in the same place he had one. Nothing can prepare you for the grief. Psychologist and author...
Mother’s Day 2024
Happy Mother’s Day, All. If you’re a mother, grandmother, daughter, or adoptive mom, in a few days, it will be time to honor you. But honoring mothers isn’t designated to a certain day, but something to do on an ongoing basis with a phone call, a small gift, an act of...
Mother’s Day 2024
Happy Mother’s Day, All. If you’re a mother, grandmother, daughter, or adoptive mom, in a few days, it will be time to honor you. But honoring mothers isn’t designated to a certain day, but something to do on an ongoing basis with a phone call, a small gift, an act of...
SAY HER NAME
I remember watching the movie Australia. One thing that stood out was that when someone died you were forbidden to say their name. Two months ago, my sister died, and I’ve had to consider that life isn’t permanent. I’ve learned the ways in which people grieve. I am a...
SAY HER NAME
I remember watching the movie Australia. One thing that stood out was that when someone died you were forbidden to say their name. Two months ago, my sister died, and I’ve had to consider that life isn’t permanent. I’ve learned the ways in which people grieve. I am a...
MISSING YOU
By Lucille U. Freeman When I heard Anthony Brown and Group Therapy's song Worth, I was sitting at my 57 year-old sister's funeral, who had lost her battle to breast cancer. The grief inside me turned into muffled sobs, as I listened to the music and the words settled...
MISSING YOU
By Lucille U. Freeman When I heard Anthony Brown and Group Therapy's song Worth, I was sitting at my 57 year-old sister's funeral, who had lost her battle to breast cancer. The grief inside me turned into muffled sobs, as I listened to the music and the words settled...
BEING CARRIED
By Lucille U. Freeman Footprints in the sand…why were there only one set of footprints in some of the roughest times of my life. That’s when I carried you. When my Mom died, when my sister died… I needed to be carried. I’m sure there were only one set of footprints. I...
BEING CARRIED
By Lucille U. Freeman Footprints in the sand…why were there only one set of footprints in some of the roughest times of my life. That’s when I carried you. When my Mom died, when my sister died… I needed to be carried. I’m sure there were only one set of footprints. I...
The Confident Child: 20 ways to enhance your child’s self-esteem
By Lucille U. Freeman When you help your child experience the joy of a task well-done and make success a common part of your child’s life, you help prepare them for a confident future. The list can go on and on, but here are 20 ways to enhance your child’s...
The Confident Child: 20 ways to enhance your child’s self-esteem
By Lucille U. Freeman When you help your child experience the joy of a task well-done and make success a common part of your child’s life, you help prepare them for a confident future. The list can go on and on, but here are 20 ways to enhance your child’s...
“MASHAIRI” (SWAHILI WORD FOR POETRY)
"MASHAIRI" (SWAHILI WORD FOR POETRY) Foreword By Dr. Michael V. Wilkins, Sr. SPAA Founder & CEO A Collaboration of Poetry by Some of SPAA's Best Poets. "No Matter Your Circumstances Today, Tomorrow Eagles Will Soar." Buy on SPAA Online Store