Category: Elayne Savage

  • There Is to Be No Grieving

    When my mother and grandmother died in a DC-3 crash I was 12 years old. The rule in my family was “There is to be no grieving.” Incomplete or unresolved or complicated grieving has powerful long-term effects throughout our lives. As with others who have experienced significant childhood challenges, I’m repeatedly reminded that healing is…

  • Honoring The Immortality of Teachers

    Decades ago my Omaha Central High School English teacher, Marcia Blacker, asked a question that made a huge difference for me. Somebody cared. Many years later I located her and thanked her. Our friendship has flourished.

  • Out of the Ashes – A Joyous Reunion of Grief

    A reunion of grief takes place as an Iowa farm community invites a brother and sister to join them in remembering the plane crash that killed their mother and grandmother – 55 years later.