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How do you hold a moon beam?

Healing, Social support
Why has it been so difficult and taken so long for me to write about the most meaningful and transformational experience of my life? Wording the question this way may make the answer obvious but I laugh at the first thing that pops into my mind. It’s the line from The Sound of Music song, “How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?”
August 27, 2019
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Thank You, Commonweal

Caregivers, Grief
By Daniel Raskin The Commonweal cancer support community became a vital part of my life when my partner, Ann Weissman, died from cancer three years ago last February. Ann got ovarian cancer in 1993.  After treatment and recovery she returned…
August 27, 2019
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Three Poems by Jim (Telk) Elkus

Poetry
Telk's poems are "Stage 4," "The Fall from Certainty," and "Where Are They?"
August 27, 2019
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Cancer Help Program Alum

This blog post was written by an alum who attended a Commonweal Cancer Help Program retreat. The author's name is in the post itself.

Authors

  • Cancer Help Program Alum
    • Commonweal Cancer Help Program Alumni Circles
    • Oblivion
    • Bent Not Broken
    • Pacific House at Night
    • Two Poems
  • Diana Lindsay
    • The Healing Power of Love
  • Francis Weller
    • Rough Initiations
  • Janie Brown
    • Dr. Deb
    • In Exile
  • Rob Feraru
    • Healing Circles
  • Terri Mason
    • Untie
    • Depth Without Digging
    • Sitting with Uncertainty

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