Author: Sara Corse
Located in: Philadelphia, PA
Submitted: March 02, 2004
Tell us a little about yourself. I am a clinical psychologist, wife and mother of
three. My church involvement includes youth
ministry and serving on the session. My
recreational passion is figure skating, which I
came to as an adult.
What was your motivation behind this project? The experience of caring for my mother as she
was dying was both relationally and spiritually
transformative. I felt called to share this
story with others who are grieving or caring or
dying.
What do you hope folks will gain from this project? Comfort, support, inspiration and ideas for how
to open to the transformative gifts that can
come from connecting with the dying.
Who are your influences, sources of inspiration or favorite authors / artists? Henri Nouwen, Kathleen Norris, Walter Wink, Anne
Morrow Lindbergh, Margaret Hebblethwaite
Anything else you'd like readers / listeners to know: From the back cover:
Cradled All the While is a beautifully crafted
memoir in which the author recounts the story of
her mother's death from cancer. In the midst of
career and child-rearing, Corse becomes her
mother's primary caregiver, but her story is a
spiritual journey that will nurture the faith of
people of many religious backgrounds. The themes
encountered throughout the book parallel the
issues dealt with in practical grieving
resources; here, however, they are played out in
the lives of a real family.
