“Take your broken heart, make it into art.” Carrie Fisher said that. And my friend Leah Piken Kolidas painted that gorgeous image of woman cradling the world in her arms. And I just love it! The act of making art or in some way giving expression to heartbreak means that the whole thing about that ache… [Continue Reading]
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Help for your broken heart
A friend recently wrote me of her broken heart. She is crying every day –heart crushing sobs– and tells me that her tears have absolutely no regard for time of day or place where she might be. Earlier this summer she started trying to date other people but then stopped. She feels terrified of ever… [Continue Reading]
Entertaining today’s guests: Break-up and grief (feat. Veronica Mars!)
I’ve been falling asleep, waking up and spending my days on a lake in a wee cottage north of Boston with Jennie, a German Shepherd. Not just any German Shepherd. Not just any cottage… H’s Jennie, H’s cottage… “H?” you ask. Yes H. H of the Love is Not a Victory March post. I didn’t… [Continue Reading]