by Laura Landgraf | Jul 27, 2021 | Opinion
I recently slogged my way out of a series of losses. Though I talked of grief overlays, or cumulative grief, I didn’t address how one might do the work of addressing the presence of it in one’s life. So, let’s talk about overlays, a cumulative grief. Ideally, one...
by Laura Landgraf | Jul 26, 2021 | Opinion
I want both my eyes. I want to see with the ease I did when both worked. To expect depth perception to remain constant. To see my wine glass and pour into it, instead of all over a countertop. One of my eye docs joked that all I needed was a bigger glass. I want to...
by Laura Landgraf | Apr 3, 2020 | Opinion
I am an orphan in fact now, not by design, though I was that as well. My mother died Friday evening, March 20. Hazel Elaine Smith (Ewing), 90 years old, who said a year ago she hoped she’d fall asleep and never wake up and was ticked as the dickens when the sun rose...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Dec 18, 2019 | News
Laura Landgraf is a social activist, retreat leader, motivational speaker and the author of “The Fifth Sister.” Where did you grow up? My longest incumbency was Ethiopia. What is your favorite verse, book or story in the Bible? Why? 1 Corinthians 13. In trying...
by Laura Landgraf | Dec 3, 2019 | Opinion
It was a footnote that changed my life. I had an amazing therapist. In the course of our work together, he would occasionally suggest I read a particular book or watch a movie and tell him what value it had for me. What was the lesson to be learned? The “a-ha” moment?...
