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New Perspectives: Excerpt from Losing a Parent

by Alexandra Kennedy

The dying and death of a parent trigger a process of initiation, sometimes one that is long overdue. In the basic pattern that applies to all initiations, we feel tortured. We die over and over again as we have to let go of old beliefs, structures, and ways of being. We die to who we were...

Circle of Graditude

by Leandra Walker

It's been a full and hectic week. I've hardly had time to think, no less to mourn or cry. This is good, and what's come from it is better. Last Sunday, a religious discussion group I attend held a service, called the Circle of Gratitude. Had you asked me several months ago, I would have said there is NOTHING in my life to be grateful for, nothing to celebrate. And I would have been wrong.