The following is an excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Final Essay, A Testament of Hope: People are often surprised to learn that I am an optimist. They know how often I have been jailed, how frequently the days and nights have been filled with frustration and sorrow, how bitter and dangerous are my […]
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What Martin Luther King’s Daughter Has to Say About Grief by Lynda Cheldelin Fell She was just 5-years-old when her famous daddy, Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated. Thanks in part to the Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of the young Bernice King on her mother’s lap, most are familiar with that story. Yet a recent New York Times article
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During his New Years Eve celebration Anderson Cooper took time to discuss grief and the holidays. Click this link to see his commentary: //www.cnn.com/2026/01/01/us/video/anderson-cooper-meessage-on-grief-new-years-eve-digvid#:~:text=US-,’You%20are%20not%20alone’:%20Anderson%20Cooper%20gives%20heartfelt%20message,Now%20playing
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There are several suggested New Year’s resolutions for the grieving. This one is from Hospice of the Red River Valley: I resolve to not place time limits on my grief; it will take as long as it takes. I resolve to acknowledge my grief as my own—that it is as individual as I am—and will take shape
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The first public figure to speak to the American People about Pearl Harbor was not President Roosevelt, but his wife, First Lady Eleanor during her weekly radio broadcast. In her remarks she let the nation in on what was going on in Washington at that moment—and spoke specifically to the women of America, who might
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