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Tag: death and loss

The Truth Tellers: Mary Stavik

Virginia Herrick June 12, 2019 April 1, 2022Currents, Musings, Writing & Editing cold case, death and loss, grieving, Mandy Stavik, murder 7

It has been my privilege to interview some extraordinary people. Two of those — brave women who told difficult truths— have recently been in the news. I…

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The Gift of Holiday Grief

Virginia Herrick December 29, 2017 December 28, 2017Death & Loss, Healing & Transformation, Holidays, Musings #connection, #grief, #healing, death and loss, holidays, transformation 2

Each year I know more people who are sad during the holidays. Many are mourning lost loved ones. That, and my own holiday grief, have seemed regrettable,…

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My Top Five Halloween “Treats”

Virginia Herrick October 31, 2017 April 1, 2018Animals Rock, Death & Loss, Holidays, Musings, Quakerism childhood memories, death and loss, Halloween, holidays 6

#1: Memories Me, five years old, all witchy-ed up, including a truly impressive grimacing mask, which my mother had worn thirty-some years earlier. “What an ugly witch…

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In memory of Mom, a poetry month p.s.

Virginia Herrick May 14, 2017 November 22, 2017Death & Loss, Musings, Writing & Editing death and loss, poetry 0

Okay, okay. So this isn’t a “post-script.” I didn’t actually post a blog last month. Mea culpa! But I do have an excuse: I was too busy…

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