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Welcome back episode 36 of the Flower in the River podcast where I share stories and reflections around gratitude, family connections, and finding meaning in timeless tragedies.
Highlights
- The importance of expressing gratitude, all year long. I share an example of feeling grateful after a meaningful conversation with a cousin.
- Imagining an alternative reality where my Aunt Martha had survived the Eastland disaster. How different my family's story and intergenerational trauma may have been. The paradox of grief and gifts that come from tragedy.
- The common regret that many of us have - wishing we had listened more closely to the stories of older relatives when they were alive. But there are ways to still "hear" them by being open to synchronicity.
- I discuss finding and sharing the story of James Lawrence Gardner, a Galena, IL native and Eastland survivor. His incredible first-hand account published in a local paper in 1915. How finding voices like his helps build a broader picture of the disaster and its aftermath.
- I share about an extraordinary newer documentary on the Eastland disaster released last year, titled "The Full Story of the Eastland Disaster (1915)" by filmmaker Tom Lynskey and HFX Studios.
- Preview of next week's episode, where I'll share the story of another Eastland survivor, a Canadian immigrant woman named Katherine.
LINKS
Eastland ChroniclesÂ
Eastland Documentary by Tom Lynsky and HFX Studios
Music by Nono (Artlist)
- Beatrice
- Interlude
- The 5th Season
