Thank you. I had one person enrolled, so I will do one session first weekend of May. The presenting org. Wanted it invitation only and only one person wanted the class.
Thank you for considering it. My sincere condolences to you and your family for the losses you’ve experienced during this period of time. I hope your first workshop went well.
I am leading my first legacy letter workshop💕. Inspired by you. I have often thought of the connection between our pandemic and Legacy. Too many lost the opportunity to share their value, life lessons, beliefs and stories. I am deeply connected to listening, helping others to create and share their stories. I don’t hear a voice of guidance giving me direction. I hear “one thing at a time” and “you are making slow progress.” I continue to work and survive day by day- looking for whatever sources of joy I can find.
Greetings, Janice, and good luck with your first legacy letter group. Relax and let yourself find joy in seeing the participants making their important discoveries about themselves. If you would loke to write a legacy letter to someone about the lost opportunity of those who died from Covid, I would like to read it to see if there would be a fit ion my book. Again, good luck facilitating. I’m sure you’ll do a great job!
Patsy, thank you for your open heart, sharing your pain and grief. Please DO email your poem to me and I would like to introduce it in the book with your comment here. And thank you for your blessings on my work.
My dad talked freely about the epidemic of 1918-1921. He felt it affected every member of his family; killing his youngest brother within years. Doing unseen damage to his other siblings.
So, when Covid reared its head in March, 2020, I reframed the event as my sabbatical year. I spent the first months cooking from my Asian cookbooks. And then quickly the classes I was taking in person became Zoom only. My Saturday morning Torah study is still on Zoom, as is my Temple bookclub meetings.
I enjoyed the enforced quietude and the many Zoom activities. I went outside and walked in my nearby park; grocery shopped (with a mask on) at 7AM on Sundays.
I’ve taken 8 shots and intend to have one or two annually. Just like my flu shot. That’s my new reality. And I’m fine with it. I’ve been traveling since 2022 and haven’t gotten so much as a cold.
What I would tell my children: This, too, shall pass. And take your shots and wear your masks.
I expect another pandemic will appear and science will help us conquer that too!
Rachel - this is wonderful. I can't wait to read the finished book. Every time you've written about the book I've thought, 'wonder if I should send one of my poems?' Haven't. I especially appreciate the part about grief. My husband was ill, not COVID, during fall 2020 and died right after Christmas. I spend many weeks dealing with hospitals, a daunting task during COVID, lived alone in a motel to be close to him for weeks. 2 months after he died my daughter became seriously ill with COVID. She survived but has long term effects still. Even today people still often don't talk of their grief OR don't want to hear of others grief. God's blessings continue on your work!
Patsy, May I cajole you into submitting your poem (as a legacy honoring your husband and daughter) to me for my book. I am in need of real materials about grief and loss during Covid for the chapter that focuses on that very important topic. My email is: RachaelFreed@icloud.com. I know that you know the value of legacy writing from having taken our training before Covid, though some 5 years ago. Hoping you and your daughter are well, and have been able to return to healthy life. Sending energy, Rachael
Rachel - give me a few days to go through them. I wrote about 120 in the year from mid 2020 to fall of 2021. I'm thinking that I could send you 4 - 5 and then you can pick what works. I'll send you a similar response to your email address that you provided. Patsy Glista
1918...my mother's mother died in the flu epidemic as it swept through Philadelphia. Mother, age 18, and her younger sister were left behind as their step father left. This was never talked about. Mother found a way to survive and move on into the world of a Catholic Irish family. Her younger sister became a fervent Baptist missionary in Africa. Life moved on for both, silence remained golden and the children that followed suffered in the silence.
You asked me to write a short piece that you might use for yr book. I did write a short piece about my experience of Covid and emailed it to you. Did you get it? Is it useful? Phil Jones
Don’t give up. Maybe post it at your local community center, your church if you have one, workout sites, local senior living places… good luck.
Thank you. I had one person enrolled, so I will do one session first weekend of May. The presenting org. Wanted it invitation only and only one person wanted the class.
Thank you! I will pass on writing the letter. We lost Several family members. All for other reasons unrelated to Covid
Thank you for considering it. My sincere condolences to you and your family for the losses you’ve experienced during this period of time. I hope your first workshop went well.
I am leading my first legacy letter workshop💕. Inspired by you. I have often thought of the connection between our pandemic and Legacy. Too many lost the opportunity to share their value, life lessons, beliefs and stories. I am deeply connected to listening, helping others to create and share their stories. I don’t hear a voice of guidance giving me direction. I hear “one thing at a time” and “you are making slow progress.” I continue to work and survive day by day- looking for whatever sources of joy I can find.
Greetings, Janice, and good luck with your first legacy letter group. Relax and let yourself find joy in seeing the participants making their important discoveries about themselves. If you would loke to write a legacy letter to someone about the lost opportunity of those who died from Covid, I would like to read it to see if there would be a fit ion my book. Again, good luck facilitating. I’m sure you’ll do a great job!
Patsy, thank you for your open heart, sharing your pain and grief. Please DO email your poem to me and I would like to introduce it in the book with your comment here. And thank you for your blessings on my work.
My dad talked freely about the epidemic of 1918-1921. He felt it affected every member of his family; killing his youngest brother within years. Doing unseen damage to his other siblings.
So, when Covid reared its head in March, 2020, I reframed the event as my sabbatical year. I spent the first months cooking from my Asian cookbooks. And then quickly the classes I was taking in person became Zoom only. My Saturday morning Torah study is still on Zoom, as is my Temple bookclub meetings.
I enjoyed the enforced quietude and the many Zoom activities. I went outside and walked in my nearby park; grocery shopped (with a mask on) at 7AM on Sundays.
I’ve taken 8 shots and intend to have one or two annually. Just like my flu shot. That’s my new reality. And I’m fine with it. I’ve been traveling since 2022 and haven’t gotten so much as a cold.
What I would tell my children: This, too, shall pass. And take your shots and wear your masks.
I expect another pandemic will appear and science will help us conquer that too!
Rachel - this is wonderful. I can't wait to read the finished book. Every time you've written about the book I've thought, 'wonder if I should send one of my poems?' Haven't. I especially appreciate the part about grief. My husband was ill, not COVID, during fall 2020 and died right after Christmas. I spend many weeks dealing with hospitals, a daunting task during COVID, lived alone in a motel to be close to him for weeks. 2 months after he died my daughter became seriously ill with COVID. She survived but has long term effects still. Even today people still often don't talk of their grief OR don't want to hear of others grief. God's blessings continue on your work!
Patsy, May I cajole you into submitting your poem (as a legacy honoring your husband and daughter) to me for my book. I am in need of real materials about grief and loss during Covid for the chapter that focuses on that very important topic. My email is: RachaelFreed@icloud.com. I know that you know the value of legacy writing from having taken our training before Covid, though some 5 years ago. Hoping you and your daughter are well, and have been able to return to healthy life. Sending energy, Rachael
Rachel - give me a few days to go through them. I wrote about 120 in the year from mid 2020 to fall of 2021. I'm thinking that I could send you 4 - 5 and then you can pick what works. I'll send you a similar response to your email address that you provided. Patsy Glista
1918...my mother's mother died in the flu epidemic as it swept through Philadelphia. Mother, age 18, and her younger sister were left behind as their step father left. This was never talked about. Mother found a way to survive and move on into the world of a Catholic Irish family. Her younger sister became a fervent Baptist missionary in Africa. Life moved on for both, silence remained golden and the children that followed suffered in the silence.
You asked me to write a short piece that you might use for yr book. I did write a short piece about my experience of Covid and emailed it to you. Did you get it? Is it useful? Phil Jones