Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with Catherine Johnston, an Olympia, Wash., writer who works in hospital administration, write about issues of grief when facing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.
Ask a question: Rebecca and Catherine answer grief questions in their syndicated EndNotes column for McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. Email them at endnotescolumn@gmail.com.
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cjwriter on Remembering the wedding people, some now gone on May 17 at 2:01 p.m.
Becky and Tony,
I remember that day! So fun…a lovely ceremony…Italian energy everywhere…reception at Town and Country…dancing with the happy groom. I wore a Laura Ashley dress. Ha! And now, here we are…27 years and you the co-author of two books on marriage. May you be blessed with many more years of happily ever after…
Truthbtold on Motherhood …a journey of grace on May 12 at 10:44 a.m.
Congratulations, mother hood is the best blessing ever bestowed on me!!!!!
Happy Mother’s Day Catherine
pjc on Life: The great blindsider on May 07 at 3:10 p.m.
Yep - life is full of terrible things. It is simply a matter of time when those terrible terrible things happen.
Life is also extremely unfair and random. Then again, nobody ever said it was supposed to be fair and anyone who believes otherwise is delusional.
On the other hand, life can occasionally be very wonderful. I guess you just have to enjoy it during the good times and endure it through the bad times.
Al_Loysius on Holding our breath…again on May 07 at 10:44 a.m.
Sorry for the typo. I meant to write George ‘Goober Pyle” Lindsey.
Al_Loysius on Holding our breath…again on May 07 at 10:43 a.m.
It is interesting to see how the media decides who is “worthy” of a lot of media coverage upon death. Adam Yauch, a fairly obscure rocker got a big splash last week. The beloved George “Goober Pyle” died yesterday and got a small article and no big splash on the news websites. I can make the case that Goober touched more lives and brought more joy to adults and kids alike through his TV work and work on Disney cartoons.
(I say Yauch was obscure because his musci never made Amercian Bandstand or Kasey Kasem’s American Top 40. Yes, i know he made the R & R HOF in Cleveland, but a lot of the people there are ones you never heard of)
What drives these decisions in the editorial offices?
greenlibertarian on What would Jesus think of it all? on May 02 at 12:16 a.m.
My god talk about stalker behavior. Creepy.
Rebeccan on Goodbye table, thanks for the memories on April 27 at 12:12 p.m.
And stuck with you for the Spokane chapters, and you know what I mean!
lynns on Goodbye table, thanks for the memories on April 27 at 12:10 p.m.
SIGH. I need to do the same with Mary Sue, my car of 14 years who I learned to drive on and has stuck with me for three states and 100,000 miles. It. Is. Hard.
Rebeccan on The envelope from 1938 on April 24 at 2:20 p.m.
Judith, well you’ll know who to pass it onto! Thanks for commenting.
idamengon on The envelope from 1938 on April 24 at 9:14 a.m.
Rebecca,
I have a long-handled metal cooking fork that has on its handle: “Today’s News First” “Spokane Chronicle”.
Mom ran an address-o-graph machine there prior to her marriage in 1935.
My Spokane daughter eyes this fork with greed whenever she visits.
Judith
cjwriter on What would Jesus think of it all? on April 23 at 11:32 a.m.
Dear Al_Loysius,
Thanks for reading and offering your opinion. It will be interesting to see what the Seattle Archbishop will do now! Being Catholic has always offered opportunities to think, reflect, disagree and grow! Cathy
Al_Loysius on What would Jesus think of it all? on April 19 at 10:16 p.m.
Dear Cathy,
As a fellow GU alum from your era I can see where rubbing elbows with the Jesuits led you astray, but I can assure you that the message of Jesus was not “Che Sara’, Sara’ (with apologies to Doris Day).
Signing off.
Al_Loysius on What would Jesus think of it all? on April 19 at 4:03 p.m.
Dear Cathy:
Here is an article that sums up the issue better than I can:
http://www.regnumnovum.com/2012/04/18/lets-be-sober-about-the-lcwr-assessment/