“Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.” ~John W. Whitehead Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My Friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James

Last night while she was trying to sleep, Her daughter’s voice she did hear She opened her eyes and looked around But she did not appear. She said, “Mama you’ve got to listen. You’ve got to understand, God didn’t take me from you, Mama, He only took my hand.” When I called out in pain […]

Sometimes common (mass; communal) graves are needed (like after last year’s January earthquake in Haiti…and then again after last October’s Indonesian volcano disaster). And now…today, in the wake of the March 11/11 earthquake and tsunami, hundreds of Japanese people will be finally laid to rest in one of the country’s first mass burials (burial is […]

Sometimes, in the aftermath of a natural disaster, there just isn’t time to properly grieve…like right now in Japan where there are too many bodies (or unidentified bodies left unclaimed, or no declarations of death because over twelve thousand missing persons haven’t been found) because of the recent earthquake and tsunami. Typically, Japanese tradition includes […]

I was at the corner grocery store buying some early potatoes.  I noticed a small boy, delicate of bone and feature, ragged but clean, hungrily appraising a basket of freshly picked green peas. I paid for my potatoes but was also drawn to the display of fresh green peas. I am a pushover for creamed […]

Japan has endured many disasters and is accustomed to dealing with disaster. If you look at the Japanese citizens, despite the recent 8.9 magnitude earthquake, the resulting tsunami and now the radiation scare, they have remained reserved and relatively calm with a stiff upper lip…and are helping each other…and are organized. Take a look at […]

“Worry and stress affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system, and profoundly affects heart action.” ~Charles W. Mayo, M.D. Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My Friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James

“Even too much sunshine can be devastating, while only with rain can growth occur. Accept both as part of the growing process in the garden of life.” ~ Donald S. Neviaser Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My Friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James

Don’t let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries. ~Astrid Alauda Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My Friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James

Give your stress wings and let it fly away. ~Terri Guillemets Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My Friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James