Updates: Articles, Essays and Poems that Evoke the Memory of Shelly

Below are articles, essays and poems that are appropriate as one considers the the life of Shelly Lipsman. They help to maintain the ongoing memory of what a great lady she was. A few are written by Ron; some are by others. The appearance of new material will be announced in emails, but regular followers of this site are encouraged to check back periodically. If you would like to contribute something or if you have suggestions for a piece to include, please write to Ron (at rlipsman@umd.edu).

An essay posted on November 20, 2017

850, by Ron Lipsman

An essay and a song posted on August 2, 2017

Living with an Angel; Living without my Angel, by Ron Lipsman
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again, a video of a performance of the song from Andrew Lloyd Weber's Phantom of the Opera. For the lyrics, click here.

A poem, a piece and a song posted on June 1, 2017:

My Soulmate, a poem by John Peter Reade.
Empathy, by Ron Lipsman.
Here's a link to the song My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion from the movie Titanic. I used this song as the background music for the slide show of our lives together in the Photos section of these pages. Shelly was a big Titanic fan and loved the song.

Two pieces posted on March 19, 2017 (20 months exactly since Shelly died):

Fourteen Things You Should and Should Not Say to a Widow or Widower, a list compiled by one Allison James on the "Grief Recovery Method" website. I'm not sure I agree with all the Shoulds, but I resonate to virtually all the Should Nots.
Did I Set the Pedestal Too High?, by Ron Lipsman.

Two pieces posted on Jan 5, 2017:

Our Tale, a poem by Jeff Bresee. (Note: 2 pages.)
Shelly Chose Me, by Ron Lipsman.

Two pieces posted on Sept 12, 2016:

Reflections, a poem by David John Love.
Keeping Shelly Alive, by Ron Lipsman.

Two pieces posted on July 19, 2016, the first anniversary of Shelly's death:

I Will Wait for You..., a poem by Stephen O'Brien.
A Year Like No Other, by Ron Lipsman, July 19, 2016, marking Shelly's yahrzeit, the anniversary of her death.

Three more pieces posted on June 20, 2016:

Love after Death, an excerpt from the book witten by Dr. Paul Kalanithi, a neurosurgeon, written as he battled (ultimately unsuccessfully) lung cancer.
The End of Kaddish, by Ron Lipsman, June 19, 2016.
Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep, a poem by Mary Elizabeth Frye, on a web site containing similar pieces, and a variant of which was read by my son (the other one, not the one referred to in the piece above) at Shelly's Unveiling on June 5, 2016.

I posted the first three entries on May 1, 2016:

No, You Don't Need Closure, by Dr. Stephen J. Forman, Wall Street Journal, Jan 6, 2016.
A Lucky Guy, by Ron Lipsman, May, 2016.
Grief, A poem by the poetess, Gwen Flowers.

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