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How Celebrating Religious Holidays Help Us Grieve

by Sheila Collins | Apr 25, 2024 | book promotion, Celebrations, Community, Family, Gatherings, Grieving, History, Rituals, Uncategorized

I overheard a Christian neighbor ask a new Jewish neighbor, “Should I wish you a “happy” Passover celebration?” A discussion ensued over understanding the correct way for non- Jewish people to recognize the current religious holiday that Jewish people are...

The Art of Grieving Through Music

by Sheila Collins | Apr 18, 2024 | Art & Life, book promotion, Celebrations, Dances, Our Children, Personal Stories

My grandsons, Ethan and Will, were nine and six years old respectively when I watched their mother interrupt a fight they were having. She had clearly done this before, and I saw that she had some skill in getting the boys to each look at the situation from the...

Art of Grieving Lessons from the Eclipse

by Sheila Collins | Apr 11, 2024 | Celebrations, Community, Environment, Gatherings, History, Past Events, Personal Stories

My husband and I are on the shores of Lake Conneaut, the largest natural lake in the state of Pennsylvania. We’re meeting for the first-time, relatives and friends of our Pittsburgh neighbors who share a century old summer cottage on the lake. We’ve driven several...

Grieving Our Covid Losses

by Sheila Collins | Mar 28, 2024 | Art & Life, book promotion, Celebrations, Community, Duality, Grieving, Health and Wellness, History, Institutional Loss, Past Events, Personal Stories, ReImagine, The Art of Grieving

Like many other writers during the Covid pandemic shutdown I decided to use the time I was being given to write a new book. For a grief advocate the situation was offering continuous, unprecedented, multiple examples of losses in need of processing. And, at the bottom...

The Art of Dancing at a Memorial

by Sheila Collins | Mar 21, 2024 | Celebrations, Community, Dances, Environment, Noteworthy men

My husband and I couldn’t afford the time to drive to Raleigh NC to attend a memorial celebration for a long time InterPlay friend, so we flew on the new Breeze airline. It definitely lived up to its name. The short trip had us relaxed and rested to participate in...

The Creative Process and What Keeps Us Going On

by Sheila Collins | Mar 7, 2024 | Celebrations, Duality, Environment, Health and Wellness, History, ReImagine, Science, Technology and the Environment, the Big Body, Uncategorized, Women, Girls & the Feminine

“When can I get an actual book?” my friends ask me, and it reminds me again of how long creative projects take. The ideas and inspiration can take seconds but the implementation–years. In fact, lots of things take longer than we can ever imagine, especially if...

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