Tips from the Queen of Rejection®

Category: Marcia Blacker

  • My High School English Teacher and Me – Remembering Marcia Blacker

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    Elayne Savage, PhD

    Decades ago my Omaha Central High School English teacher, Marcia Blacker, pulled me aside and asked a question that made a huge difference the rest of my life. Somebody cared! Many years later I located her so I could thank her. Our friendship flourished for 25 years..This week I learned she had passed away.

  • There Is to Be No Grieving

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    Elayne Savage, PhD

    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

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    Elayne Savage, PhD

    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.