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~ Requests for Using
Journey of Hearts TM
Materials
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In addition to the comments to the site, I have been
flattered andhonored by the many requests to use resources from in a variety
of different ceremonies, memorials, websites, newsletters, newspapers,
yearbooks, homework assignments, college papers, support groups, artwork,
educational and motivational resources. I am sure that the resources are
being utilized in many other ways that we are unaware. What follows are
the just some of the recent requests for using Journey of HeartsTM
resources.
I am writing to ask about getting permission
to use some of the poems and material on this site.
I am a Nurse Practitioner and coordinator of
our Grief and Loss Program - "Coping Through Transitions" at the University
of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center in Ann Arbor Michigan.
I would like to reproduce some of the poems for
our staff at one of our "Staff Grief and Loss Rounds". This is a
monthly event that provides a forum for cancer center staff to come and
share feelings related to the losses that they themselves experience while
caring for cancer patients and their families.
I have been blessed by your site and would in
the future also use it for families experiencing loss secondary to the
loss of their loved one to cancer.
Please advise on the procedures for use and reference
to this site and materials.
Thank You
Susan Wintermeyer-Pingel RN,MS,CS
Coordinator - UM Comprehensive Cancer Center's
Grief and Loss Program
As I was reviewing the poetry
found on your website, I found the perfect poem [Cherub] for our situation.
We would like to have permission to use the poetry in our school yearbook.
It would be great for our dedication page in memory of a first grader in
our school who was killed in a car accident this school year. The
poem truly fits our situation and we are asking for your permission to
use this verse in our yearbook.
Thank you for your time and beautiful verses
in poetry provided on you website. It has truly been a blessing for
me and touched my life in a special way.
Thanks again,
Marsha Hybarger
I am 'Higher' Psychology student in Livingston, Scotland,
studying evening classes whilst working part time, ultimately to work in
the field of Psychology. I wonder if you would grant me permission to make
reference to your web-page, in particular, some of the additional 'modern'
stressors you indicate, in my Report. I would be happy to e-mail
you a copy, once complete. The deadline for completion is the end
of March.
I look forward very much to hearing from you.
Regards,
Lynda Johnston
I wanted to let you know
it was a huge success if ever a celebration of life can be called one.
Last Friday we held her celebration of life and
had over 250 people arrive and mostly stay, she was a great woman and it
showed by her turn out. My mother didn't want a gravesite so we picked
a tree in a cemetery very close to my mom's house. We picked a red
maple tree and will have a plaque there within a few weeks. Immediate
family and a wonderful woman and family friend sang amazing grace and read
a couple of poems, one of them being " A Better Place". It was a
nice way to say good-bye.
I started a Nancy's Life photo array that started
from when she was a little girl, with my dad, as well as with my stepfather.
She was involved in a few groups that have spanned most of her life and
they put together some as well, to say it was beautiful would be an understatement.
There were so many pictures of different places in her life and all her
different friends it truly was a great way for all of her friends to see
her at her happiest and remember all the good times and to say they're
good-byes. I started the wall with "A Better Place" [poem] and used
two more from your site. We also sent white helium balloons with messages
into the night, it was beautiful.
In closing I would just like to thank you and
your site for the wonderful information I got off of it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Tracey Kitchen
I found your website while
searching for an appropriate poem for the funeral [of my cousin] and you
mentioned two poems. One was "In Memory of You" and the other was "Guardian
Angel." Could you please either forward to me these two poems or tell me
where I may be able to find them on the web?
Thank you in advance.
Bronwyn
I am a teacher of 6, 7, 8th
grade special education children. For the holiday season I will be
doing a unit on candles/lights and the significance of the meaning of "seeing
the light" through the flame of a candle. I came across your website
and would like to know if the site is still active.
My desire is to have my students e-mail letters
in memory of children they know who have passed on. One student in
particular lost his older brother and the year anniversary will be this
January. Lighting a candle in his brother's honor will be therapeutic
for that student. I lost a sister in 1969 and would love to honor
her memory by sending a letter. I am sure most, if not all, of my
students may know of an individual they would be pleased to honor.
Please let me know how I should go about getting
my students involved. I found your web site to be inspiring, therapeutic,
and a treasure that I don't want my students to miss out on.
I would love to hear from you and appreciate your
direction.
Thank you greatly,
Robin Rettie
I am making a poetry book
for my English final exam. I was wondering if you could help me out by
telling me if you are the author of the Guardian Angel poem on your website.
If you are can you please e-mail me back and tell me what inspired you
to write the poem and a little about yourself also because we have to give
information about the author of the poems also. I would really appreciate
it if you did.
This project is our final exam grade. We have
to choose 15 poems on a certain topic and I chose to use the topic of overcoming.
I feel that Guardian Angel is a poem that shows how people feel like giving
up and have nothing to live for, but then God steps in and He helps you
to stand firm and over come the obstacles you are facing no matter how
tough they are all you have to do is hold on. There is a poem section,
a reflection section where we write our reactions to the poems, and an
author section where we give a biography (birth, death, college, writing
style, influences on writing) of the author. Thanks for replying so quickly.
Part 2: My teacher liked my project and the fact
that I had to e-mail my authors for the author section. Guardian Angel
really made me realize that God is with me every step of the way. I read
your bio and I must say that I'm amazed. To see a child of God strive so
far. I want to go into the medical field someday and you've only inspired
me more. God is truly amazing and He is showcasing His children. Stay blessed,
highly favored and anointed to prosper. I'm glad that I found your poem.
I got an "A" :)))
Unique
Your article, "Caring For
The Person, Not Just The Patient In End-of-Life Care", was forwarded to
me by the Co-Coordinator of our Orange County California Chapter. Carl
Merkle. What wonderful words. Your discussion of these issues
is so clearly laid out.
Would you consider letting us put this article
and your poem on our website in a PDF file for patients and caregivers
to have access to it? It would be a strong addition to the resources
available to them.
Thank you for caring about and speaking out on
these very real and very painful issues.
Peace and good health,
Priscilla Savary
Executive Director
Colorectal Cancer Network
I was surfing the net and
came across the article on depression and holiday blues. I am a writer
for a military newspaper and I am writing a story about our assistance
center. I would like to use some of the material in the article, particularly
where you define depression and blues.
The publication, Missile Ranger, is not-for-profit,
and I would accredit your material.
Sandra Flores
Missile Ranger
White Sands Missile Range Community, N.M.
My name is Tamara Brown and
I live in Ft. Worth, Texas. After 21 years of teaching, in a public school
classroom, I am finally about to finish my master's degree in school counseling.
I am attending Dallas Baptist University and am in the process of preparing
my graduate portfolio.
When I began thinking about my portfolio, I was
searching for a theme for my book. I had remembered a poem I had heard
many years ago and began to search the web for it. I finally located it
on a website dedicated to butterflies. The name of the poem is, "The Cocoon
and The
Butterfly." On the website it stated that the
poem was "reproduced with kind permission" from the Journey of Hearts Healing
Website. I had remembered that the poem talked about the butterfly with
reference made to the struggles that God allows in our life to make us
strong.
I thought I could use the poem, as the focal point
and theme (butterflies) of my portfolio, because it talks about the help
of others and how our struggles are sometimes exactly what we need.
This email is being sent to ask your kind permission
to use the poem in my graduate portfolio.
Part 2: I looked at the poem on your web site.
The web design is beautiful. Thank you for your telling me about your search
for the original author. I would like to give credit to your site, for
the poem, and also as a place for finding help.
Regards,
Tamara Brown
Thank you so very much!!!!!!!!!!
I'm looking for a poem for a little boy that died when he was 2 1/2 months
old. He died of SIDS. I want the poem to put in the newspaper. I
prayed last night that God would let me know when I found the right poem,
and this morning he brought me you and your poems. You will never
know how much you helped me, I don't have to search anymore for that perfect
poem.
THANK YOU AGAIN!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU
Very Sincerely,
Kim Darnell
I was doing some surfing
over the Internet about loneliness. I am a graduate student doing
some research into loneliness, coping strategies and Internet use.
I have developed a website to address issues of loneliness, in particular,
causes of loneliness, different types of loneliness and different coping
strategies used by lonely persons. I am also trying to collect artwork
about loneliness from visitors as well, along with hosting an online questionnaire
to better understand people's experiences of loneliness. I was thinking
that this might be a good resource to add to your list of resources as
well.
Sean Seepersad
Catholic Social Services
is a small non-profit agency in American Samoa. We are currently running
a Youth Suicide Prevention Program. As we were searching on the net
for inspirational thoughts, quotes, stories, we came across your beautiful
well-worded web page. We would like to ask your permission to use
this on our pamphlet for outreach materials. We want to use this
information to reach as many youth groups and organizations as much as
we can, and pray and hope that they will benefit from it.
If you could kindly give your address, I will
be more than happy to send you a copy of our complete pamphlet.
Thank you. As we say goodbye in Samoan “Tofa Soifua,”
Polu Malaga Fuatagavi, BSW
Catholic Social Services
I am a chaplain at Wilson
Hospice Care in Sidney, OH. Today, as I was preparing for several
events upcoming, (dedication of Hope Garden, annual Light Up A Life memorial
service, etc) I was SO BLESSED to stumble into your poems. I'm sure
God led me here!
Where are you practicing? I would like to
be able to share a few personal notes about you - if you would be so kind
as to allow me to use a few of your poems at our events.
I just found the "Journeys of the Heart" page
- and so ... have not really had the time to find these items - if they
are there.
Please let me know if it's ok to use your poems,
and share a bit about yourself, if you could.
Thanks Kirsti!
Peace and Grace.
Rev. Phil Chilcote
Wilson Hospice Care
Sidney, OH
Hello. On the horrifying
day of the terrorism act Sept 11th, I searched the web for sympathy poems.
Lucky enough to have none of my beloved friends or family struck by this
disaster directly, I wanted to have my own vigil with friends. We
went to church for prayers, then gathered in my backyard to light tiki
torches and I took your poem " A Better Place" on the website to read aloud.
It was a very touching day. Heartfelt sympathy to all those who'se
lives have been affected forever.
Stranger with a heart, Godbless!
Christine
I visited your Journey of
Hearts and really appreciate the premise it was built on. A wealth of wonderful
ideas and info! You have put a lot of heart and soul into the site.
I recently created an eGroup for the purpose of
offering support and friendship to those whose lives have been touched
by cancer. For folks on that "Cancer Carousel", if you will. We are 11
members strong and growing with over 150 postings.
Currently, we are working on a new website of
the same name "THE CAROUSEL OF HOPE.” As we proceed, I would love to link
with your site and maybe use some things found in the Journey Of Hearts.
Of course I would certainly be happy to give credits to your site.
I was surprised when I surfed in to your site,
because, I had a lot of the same ides for my Carousel Of Hope. Once
I get the initial pages up, would love to expand to include Child Abuse,
Spousal Abuse,
Missing Children, Troubled Teens and Foster Care.
Sounds like a big bill. As the saying goes,"One small step at a time".
Again, I have bookmarked The Journey Of Hearts
and will return often. Would appreciate your response regarding my use
of some of your things for THE CAROUSEL OF HOPE. When we get the first
page up, I would like to send it to you
Take care
I recently sent your web
site address to our students, faculty and staff at the community college
where I am a counselor. September 11 was a very difficult day for
each one of us and I was encouraged to find your wonderful site. I passed
the address along to hundreds of people so that they may begin healing.
On behalf of my family, friends, students, co-workers
and community members- Thank you for taking the initiative to develop such
a wonderful site and for sharing it with the world.
Peace and good health to you always,
Emi Danska
Counselor
One of my colleagues and
I are presenting a workshop called Mediating the Emotional Case, Dealing
with Issues Near and Dear to the Heart, at an ABA (American Bar Association)
Alternative Dispute Resolution Conference resolution. We are interested
in giving people a copy of two articles which appear on your website: “The
Importance of Telling and Listening to the Story” and “Welcome to Holland”
(I received a copy of this one years ago on a newsletter that I receive
as a parent).
I look forward to hearing from you. Thank
you for your help (and for the great resources you have on your website).
Sincerely,
Elaine Talley
Master of Education
Degree in law
I work as the Special Sections
Editor at the Bee Group Newspapers in Buffalo, N.Y. We are putting together
a special section called "Death, A Part of Life," and I was wondering if
I could use some of the material from your Web site in our section. I feel
the information can help people cope with the loss of a loved one and also
contains excellent information.
Whatever I use would be in all nine of our papers
and could really help people. I would attribute whatever information I
use to the Journey of Hearts Web site, which in turn, could bring more
people needing help to your Web site.
Thank you,
Bob Kupczyk
Special Sections Editor
I am using information from
your site, to use in a college speech. I will cite you in the paper
and I will also put you in the bibliography.
Sincerely,
Sallie Weedman
My name is Judy and I am
the manager of a small MSN. Community called Stairways To Heaven Pet Loss
& Support group. In doing some research for my community I came
across Journey of Hearts and I must say I was so intrigued that I bookmarked
for regular use and found it to be very supporting.
I am in the process of working with two webmasters
to help me create a candle lighting ceremony page to help my members with
closure after losing a beloved pet. And would like permission to use your
original script to create a smaller version and will respect the codes
and will give credit for your use.
Sincerely,
Judy Huggins
I am writing a non-fiction book titled A CONDITION
OF LIMBO: Chronicles of a Daughter’s Unconditional Love . Written
in remembrance of my terminally ill father, now deceased. He suffered
with cancer and dementia. In the book, I would like to refer to your
web site so others can be informed.
I would like to know if you would grant me permission
to refer to the site. Please advise me at your earliest convenience.
I am attaching a synopsis of the book.
Thank you.
Barbie Perkins-Cooper
I would like permission to put your poem IN MEMORY
OF YOU in the Windsor Star as a memorial for my sister who will have been
in eternal life 10 years on October 24, 2000. She was only 26 years
old and had two young boys 2 and 4.
I read your poem and want to be able to express
the feelings you provide in that poem to everyone who takes the time to
read the memorian. Please let me know if it is okay for me to use
your poem.
Thanks
Katherine Labbe
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sharing it with the world.
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