Part of the reason I wanted to write my memoir was to capture my family and the emotional process at work so I could better manage myself. This would be to say I used the common sense ideas from Bowen's Theory to find a way to relate to my brother Butch. .

This is a column I wrote on the Israel-Hamas war and was published in the local newspaper in Oak Park, IL

No one wins the ‘blame game’

by Stephanie Ferrera December 12, 2023

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I am posting "the real story", the obituary I did not write for my father and some comments about his death and funeral that may be part of a memoir I want to write. The title will be "A Better Chance" and this memoir may begin with his funeral. I want.

Death and Differentiation of Self: On Writing an Obituary and a Memoir, Perhaps

William Bland Harrison Jr. Obituary

William Bland Harrison, Jr., 102, of Stamford, died on January 7, 2024 in his own home with his family and devoted helpers at his side.   A graveside sunrise service.

Sapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather Thanks to Erik for telling me about this book, “the best book on slavery,” which I finally read. I think the family described may be similar to my own family who owned slaves. When I asked my brother how our family could have owned slaves, he replied “I.