Tag Archives: the things they carried

A Different Kind of Letting Go

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Stephanie

Should I press “publish”? Should I release these words into cyberspace, from which I can never entirely reclaim them? It’s not like sending letters one writes when very angry. (Yes, I still write letters the old-fashioned way, including ones known … Continue reading →

Posted in Love and Loss | Tagged grief, Margaret Atwood quote, memory, pancreatic cancer, Sarah Polley's "Stories We Tell", stories, the things they carried, Tim O'Brien's, Tufts School of Medicine | 20 Comments

Drawing on Darkness

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Stephanie

Every phrase and every sentence is an end and a beginning, … Continue reading →

Posted in Love and Loss | Tagged caregiver, diagnosis, dying, family, Garp, little gidding, metastatic pancreatic cancer, Oliver Sacks, parent, patient, quilt, randy pausch, sewing, The Last Lecture, The Mind's Eye, the things they carried, writing, young hearts | 4 Comments