In Autumn 2013, Jennifer Michael Hecht wrote of the ongoing crisis of suicide among American soldiers and veterans. “The inner life of soldiers and civilians alike can be so brutal that it too requires training in advance of a crisis." #MemorialDay
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Guy calls the
doctor, says the wife’s
contractions are five
minutes apart.
Doctor says, "Is this her first child?"
guy says, "No, it’s her husband."
---Jennifer Michael Hecht, Love explained @PoetryFound
This poem made me really laugh today. We need more of these.
Our second reading today explores a different kind of love, perhaps--from a decidedly different stance. It's Jennifer Michael Hecht's "Love Explained," and it is so beautifully balanced and devastatingly sly.
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"We have different moods that profoundly change our outlook, and it's not right to let your worst one murder all the others." -Jennifer Michael Hecht on suicide (from On Being with Krista Tippett)
“We believe each other into being.” This quote by poet philosopher Jennifer Michael Hecht has me thinking about aloneness, connection, and that while we may be out-of-sight we are never out-of-mind.
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