by Lucille Freeman | Aug 23, 2024 | Blog, Books, Children, Uncategorized
“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...
by Lucille Freeman | Jul 24, 2024 | Blog, Books, Uncategorized
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...
by Lucille Freeman | Jun 10, 2024 | Blog
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...
by Lucille Freeman | May 6, 2024 | Blog, Books
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...
by Lucille Freeman | Sep 1, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
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...
by Lucille Freeman | Aug 1, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
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...