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Patricia Rankin (August 14, 1945–October 30, 2017)

By Lissa   |   (14)
  |   Tuesday, October 31st, 2017
My mother made her final transition last night. After I told her, my friend Shiloh said, "When the mother passes, the fabric of the universe is shifted and moves into a new shape." Today begins the first day of that new shape for those of us who can hardly begin to imagine the world without Trish Rankin in it. We are all weary but filled with broken-hearted love and gratitude. Last night, my sister, my mother's two sisters and I held my beloved mother precariously in our adoring arms through the harrowing end. My daughter was on the phone with us when she breathed her last agonizing breath.
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Saying Goodbye to My Beloved Mother–Part Three

By Lissa   |   (2)
  |   Monday, October 30th, 2017
The death vigil for my mother continues. For those who are not following the daily journey on Facebook, I am also posting what moves through me on the blog, in case any of it serves you.
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6 Things Not To Say After The Sandy Hook Tragedy

By Lissa Rankin, MD   |   (10)
  |   Thursday, December 20th, 2012
We are all grieving after the shootings in Connecticut, and when we’re grieving, the last things we need are platitudes, blame, or fearful communication. So please, when someone expresses despair over the children that were slaughtered in Newton, please don’t say these 6 things.

1.     “It was God’s will.”

We can’t possibly know God’s will, but personally, I don’t believe God wills tragedy on innocent people. I also don’t believe God groomed some mass murderer to grow up and exterminate 26 people and then kill himself. While it might placate us to believe that this tragedy was some sort of predestined divine event, I think it’s more healing to just accept that sometimes tragedies occur - and we really have no idea why.

2.     “At least it wasn’t my child’s school.”

Yes. For those of us whose children were not harmed, we can be grateful.  But when hatred is spread among any of us, it affects us all. You can feel it in the bones of our country right now. When one of our children is killed, the shockwaves reverberate through us all. At the root of such tragedy lies a deep disconnection from Source. That any of us are so disconnected from the part of ourselves I call your “Inner Pilot Light” that such murder could happen is a sign that something is out of whack in our culture.  It might not have been your local school, but the disease that plagued Newtown, Connecticut has the potential to affect any one of us, and not until we heal the spiritual disconnection that infects so many in our society will our communities be safe.

3.     “It’s all Obama’s fault.”

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