tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769028919762785741.post8007282309294117882..comments2023-12-27T22:45:30.343-05:00Comments on Healing through Writing: Finding Meaning in TragedyKathryn Crafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08371458857187160425noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769028919762785741.post-43454459005501796692010-11-12T13:23:11.616-05:002010-11-12T13:23:11.616-05:00Helen, thanks so much for reading. When I read you...Helen, thanks so much for reading. When I read your words I realized for the first time where my own recollections of this trauma reside. Not in my mind, or in my heart, but in my gut. The trick for the memoirist, I suppose, is to funnel them back up through the brain and onto the page.Kathryn Crafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08371458857187160425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769028919762785741.post-47762733524431931052010-11-12T12:51:02.862-05:002010-11-12T12:51:02.862-05:00Those are very powerful words from Jackson. I coul...Those are very powerful words from Jackson. I could hear and feel them in my gut.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769028919762785741.post-70379254559034320312010-11-12T09:02:48.995-05:002010-11-12T09:02:48.995-05:00Thanks, Jerry. I completely agree with you about J...Thanks, Jerry. I completely agree with you about Jane's legacy. But I can just hear Marty saying: "That wasn't me, it was Jackson!" [They were always chastising me when I got their contributions to a story confused. Glad I'm not the only one!]Kathryn Crafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08371458857187160425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769028919762785741.post-3808240505729818832010-11-12T07:48:17.213-05:002010-11-12T07:48:17.213-05:00Thanks for sharing these powerful experiences, Kat...Thanks for sharing these powerful experiences, Kathryn. It reminds me of those beautiful pictures of yellow flowers that broke through the blackened ground after Yellowstone National Park's massive fire. I am also stunned by Marty's fortune in having such a profoundly uplifting experience in high school. It sounds like Jane Stahl left a legacy of deeper appreciation for life. Let us all strive to find and share those beautiful flowers.<br /><br />Jerry<br /><a href="http://www.memorywritersnetwork.com/blog" rel="nofollow"> Memory Writers Network </a>Jerry Waxlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00945251286691895431noreply@blogger.com