http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/after-losing-three-sisters-to-cancer-bethesda-firefighter-turns-to-advocacy/2011/05/26/AGDZfqHH_story.html I read this timely story in The Washington Post yesterday about a local fireman, Marshall Moneymaker, who had lost his three older sisters to breast cancer in less than two years. Moneymaker and his wife did all they could to help the three sisters beat this awful disease but it wasn’t enough. After burying three sisters, the… Read more »
Posts By: Mary Kate Cranston
Cry, Laugh, Heal Has A New Look!
Check out the new look of Cry, Laugh, Heal (www.crylaughheal.com) and let me know what you think. I recently re-designed the blog in order to give it a fresher feel. I hope you find it easier to read and more pleasing to the eye. I truly appreciate everyone’s ongoing support and feedback. Please pass along the good… Read more »
Can We Tawk? Please?
Reach out and listen No matter what phase of grief you find yourself in, people usually are curious to know if what they are feeling and doing is the “normal” way to handle their situation. I think this happens because grief is not a subject considered to be mainstream. It makes people uncomfortable and is not discussed as… Read more »
Change, Changed & Changing
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. — Author James Baldwin Isn’t it tiresome being a one-person team? Don’t you wish that sometimes you could delegate all of your errands and responsibilities to someone else? Please, please don’t make me……. I would love to be… Read more »
Discovering Kris Carr
A relative who is also a close friend was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and while visiting her she introduced me to the awesome books written by The New York Times best-selling author Kris Carr. I don’t know how I missed her but I am now totally taken with her philosophy of assessing your personal priorities in order… Read more »
There Is A Season (Turn, Turn,Turn)
“Turn! Turn! Turn!,” a classic pop song performed by the Byrds in the 1960’s, has been playing in my mind recently. The music was written by Pete Seeger and the lyrics were adapted from the Book of Ecclesiastes. To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn) There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn) And a time to every… Read more »
Mom is “WOW” Upside Down
Happy Mother’s Day to my Mom and all the incredible Moms, GrandMoms and other women around the globe who do the most important job in the world!! Some of you out there may disagree, but I challenge you to find another job that comes close to being as rewarding. If your Mom is no longer with you, I hope the loving… Read more »
Connecting The Grief Dots
Grief is a lot of work. I know that sounds ridiculous but it’s true. And some days I just don’t want to deal with it. Or be reminded of it. Those days would especially include when I have to fill out a government or school form for my son or myself and instead of writing… Read more »
The Twin Towers, the Pentagon & Flight 93
When President Obama officially announced on television late last night that Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan, my thoughts went immediately to the relatives and friends of the thousands of people whose lives were lost in the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and Flight 93. For almost ten years, these people have been trying to put the pieces… Read more »
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