by JAC | May 21, 2020 | Acts of Hope, Linked Publication, Love and Loss, Publications, Uncategorized, Writing
For any other list-makers out there, I published this on HerStories yesterday.””In this time of quarantine, my lists are offering me space outside of the walls of my home, a way of making sense of chaos, a self-imposed structure on structure-less days, and...
by JAC | Jan 28, 2020 | Love and Loss
“In our deepest self we keep living with the illusion that we will always be the same.” Henri Nouwen In the wake of Sunday’s tragedy, I found my mind instinctively doing something it did when I got my own “phone call” and tragic...
![Only parent, only child: An ode to our small family [Washington Post]](https://i0.wp.com/studiesinhope.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DSC_0924-scaled.jpg?resize=1080%2C675&ssl=1)
by JAC | Jan 23, 2020 | Linked Publication, Love and Loss, Publications
I have a piece in the Washington Post today about my experience being in a small family, a family of two. Thank you, as always, for reading. You can find the piece...
![Grief Looks a Lot Like ‘Crazy’ in ‘Dead to Me’ [Modern Loss]](https://i0.wp.com/studiesinhope.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/uploads2Fcard2Fimage2F9799542Ff3fb3179-f7e5-4e2a-bebd-17d666c54fde.jpg2F950x534__filters3Aquality289029.jpg?resize=950%2C534&ssl=1)
by JAC | May 30, 2019 | Film, Linked Publication, Love and Loss, Publications
IMAGE: SAEED ADYANI / NETFLIX I watched the trailer of “Dead to Me” a few weeks ago while I was scrolling on Netflix as a reward for my morning yoga class. I debated watching it at first because usually loss isn’t portrayed very acurately, but I...
by JAC | May 9, 2019 | Love and Loss, Mindfulness, Simplicity, Uncategorized
“In our deepest self we keep living with the illusion that we will always be the same.” Henri Nowen “It’s really very simple,” my late spiritual director, Gladys, once said to me. She was talking about how she lived each day, waking up,...
by JAC | Nov 20, 2018 | Diary, Love and Loss
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love. Reinhold Niebuhr My recent minimalist kick led me to cleaning out a huge closet that had boxes of mementos and letters. One of them has all of the sympathy cards I received...
