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Survivors

Mar 6, 2010

“[Survivor’s guilt is] inevitable and it doesn’t make any difference that the families may have been wonderful families, completely loving, done everything they could possibly do. Still people feel like , if I had only done this, if I had only done that…”  - Dr. Kay Jamison

My Turn

Frog Hollow

read by Sam Heatwole

Back when I went to Sunday school in Canada, Reverend MacDonald wasn't able to get through to the kids in his parish. The girls, it seems to me, accepted most adults for what they were and took at least some of their advice to heart. But the boys figured official sin was a shuck, and as a consequence didn't know how to handle it. That's why we needed guilt, and why the Rev wanted the boys in his church to feel the weight of shame whether they fully understood the wages of sin or not. 

Burton's Blog

Survivors

In her book, An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison tells her story of living with bipolar illness and the multiple suicide attempts it precipitated. This week on Shaping Families her focus is on suicide itself, and on those left behind when suicide happens.

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For many of us, the day Timothy McVeigh bombed the Oklahoma City building is etched in our minds. For Bud Welch, it was the day he lost his daughter in that bombing. On our next episode we'll hear from Bud about his journey toward healing and forgiveness that eventually led him into the living room of McVeigh's family home.

No Bake Bars

Busy moms are always in search of quick, colorful and fun recipes to make for and with their children.  Our shipping clerk, Lois, shares a recipe for bars that are a favorite in her family and are sure to be a hit with your children, too.

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