Judith und Ingrid – die Entfaltung einer wunderbaren Freundschaft
Zwei Jahre lang habe ich gebraucht, bevor ich über diese tiefe und inspirierende Verbindung, die Judith und ich hatten, schreiben konnte. Zur Information: Judith ist vor zwei Jahren, im Juni 2014, an unheilbarem Krebs gestorben. Als ich vor kurzem meinen Computer entrümpelte, fand ich einiges von dem, was sie geschrieben hatte. Eins davon möchte ich hier teilen. Es heißt ‚Ingrid und ich’. Dieser Text hat mich dann inspiriert, ‚Judith und ich’ zu schreiben. Zusammen erzählen w
Judith and Ingrid – the unfolding of a beautiful friendship
This is the record of a beautiful and loving friendship between Judith and me.
It took me 2 years to start writing about this deep and inspiring connection we had. For information: Judith passed over from terminal cancer 2 years ago last June. When I recently cleaned up my computer I found some writings from her. One of them I like to share here called ‘Ingrid and me’. This piece inspired me to write ‘Judith and me’. Together the writing tells the story of a magic and wonde
Warning: Sympathy hurts and can be harming to your health
Take it from someone who has lived with cancer for over 14 years – if you want to support a friend, a family member, a colleague, anybody – let go of any pity or sympathy; it is not helpful but rather harmful. There is a way you can truly care and support, more on that later, but first let’s have a closer look at sympathy. I used to think that sympathy was a good and wanted expression. When you are sick, or something challenging, difficult or ‘bad’ happens to you, you get sym