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Healing with Pictures

I wanted to share an idea of what we can do with pictures of our loved ones. Nancy Gershman, a digital artist, creates meaningful portraits from photos, memories and stories that we think about every day. Here is a sample of her work:

DREAMSCAPE PHOTOMONTAGE: Myrtle pays homage to the memory of her twin and keeps a promise to her sister. As long as she lives she will keep her nephew - who is a trucker - safe on the road.

ORIGINAL PHOTO:

I know Nancy's work and I’ve seen how she captures the entire essence of a person and the real truth about their character, their passions and their mission in life.

What Nancy does is digest all these photos, memories and stories until they re-emerge as a holistic portrait of the person you love. You see your father, sister, or beloved poodle, thoughtfully placed into a beautiful legacy portrait for you, but also for generations to come. The end result is that her artwork makes you smile or even laugh.

For the 30 - 60 minutes you spend with her by phone, she delivers a meaningful, heartfelt fine art photomontage in the form of an 8 x 10 print (or enlargement). She can also upload the artwork so you can make something to wear or display (photoblanket, photo-purse, photo trivet, etc.) -- however you want to keep that loved one close by.

I encourage you to view the documentary on Nancy Gershman’s work.

You can visit her website: www.artforyoursake.com/healing. She has provided us with her phone number: 773-255-4677 (EST) or you can email her: nancy@artforyoursake.com

Let me know if you have any questions.

 

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Online Grief Support uses the blog feature for Journal Therapy – You can choose to make it private or public. Blog posts are a great way to express yourself on your profile page. To get started, go to your profile page and locate the "Blog Posts" module in the middle column. Click the "Add a Blog Post" link. You must join the community to take advantage of Journal Therapy – It’s free.
You can add text, links, images, and files to your blog post using the blog editor toolbar. You can also select the privacy of your blog post to allow anyone in the community to view it, just your friends in the community, or just you. Go to Settings and then click on Privacy. If you need help, I'm just an email away. - Diana

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I saw God today!

I have been befuddled over the passing of the 10 year old boy that was hit by a car last week. My grandchildren were in my care all last week so there wasn't much time for deep thought. Npw that I am alone now I'm having lots of thoughts about it, so I went to the farm for a little distraction, plus the grass out there really needed cutting. I brought my dog Zero with me. Zero's getting old and I want him to have a good summer. Anyway Zero and I took a trip to the farm. I buzzed around…

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Posted by anne on June 18, 2013 at 5:11pm — 2 Comments

Hello, Anxiety

In two days my sister will have been gone from this world for 180 days. 6 months. Each hour we get closer to the 20th my anxiety builds. I can't breathe, I can't think straight, I have no appetite, my heart is pounding, my hands are shaking and I just want to disappear. People around me can feel the anxiety radiating off me. I know that Thursday will be just another day for so many people in the world but I desperately don't want Thursday to come. I know it will accomplish nothing and change…

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Posted by Christine Leakey on June 18, 2013 at 10:43am

A little help here

My wife passed away a year ago . My question is for those that have had someone close to you die,what have done with there clothes and belongings.Also I cann,t see any sense holding on to things that we accumulated in out 35 years of marriage.Who knows where I will be and since Iam without a wife in this case and 66 yrs old I know I shouldn,t hold on.Her ashes are in the house in a urn also.I figure I should put some things in a box and get rid of the rest of the items. So what anyone done…

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Posted by David H Quinn on June 15, 2013 at 7:50pm — 2 Comments

Happy Father's Day to my Dad in Heaven

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The little boy up the street

Last night I heard a bunch of sirens go by, As always I froze for a minute and got a sick feeling in my gut. It was a 10 year old boy. He was riding his bike and was hit by a car. He is brain dead. They are waiting for the rest of the family to arrive and then they will terminate his life support. I can barely think about this without getting sick to my stomach. It gives me flashbacks. I am a little disappointed in myself. I can't think of one thing I could say to this young mother to…

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Posted by anne on June 13, 2013 at 7:31pm — 5 Comments

Fathers day a week after my fathers death

My dad was found last sunday.  He had died of a GI bleed and heart attack.  Thankfully my 20 year old sister lives with me but this is going to be a very hard day for sure.  We were not ready for this at all.  I am surviving but it seems the night are always so much harder than the day.  Sometimes I don't know how I am going to make it through.  

Posted by sadie burton on June 13, 2013 at 10:18am — 1 Comment

fed up

fed up of getng emales on fathers day get yore dad a gift tak him put for meal i wish i cud if he woz still hear

i wish he woz still hear so i cud get him gifts but cantt?????????????????????????????????????????

Posted by jb (jo) on June 12, 2013 at 4:09pm

June 10 2013 Saturday

Hi Kelli..sorry I wasn't able to answer sooner.  We spent today trying to cheer up my older son Bo who hasn't been eating lately.  We went to see a place we used to take him swimming, but they had changed everything and now I don't think we can get him in and out of the pool there anymore.  They used to have a lift and you could just hook him up from his wheelchair where he had a sling under him. Then you could…

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Posted by Marilyn Matthews on June 11, 2013 at 8:26pm

My Mom with a Heart of Gold is my Angel now.

Since I lost my Mom (with Capital "M" because she was an extraordinary being) life has lost it's meaning. She was a great Mom, my very best friend, the sister I never had. Our home was a very happy one. We faced challenges together, and enjoy the happy times even more.

 

I am doing all I can to overcome the deep sadness I feel. I pray, light candles, read spiritual books, listen to spiritual lectures and just joined this group.

 

I know in my soul that my Mom is…

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Posted by Martha Days on June 11, 2013 at 4:38pm

strange dreams of lost 1s

i dont why i dremt it iv alwayz had weid strange dreams even wen i woz a kid but on ths dream it felt real

i dremt of all th peple i hav lost thy wear out side having a babr q i cud hear music playing frm th 80s andd 70s songs playng in th backk groundd 

evry 1 woz thr it had past evn th peple tht i hav nevr met in th family woz thre thy wear…

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Posted by jb (jo) on June 7, 2013 at 3:49pm

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