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Friday, May 9, 2014 6:44:24 PM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled The Slavery of Our Time:
Marcella said, "As I reflected on my experience at the 58th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, which closed at the end of March, 2014, I was overwhelmed by all I had learned. My attempts to write a blog about my experience were overshadowed by the..." more
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 7:03:01 PM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled November…The Time In Between:
Marcella said, "In the past, November was a time of remembered loss and sadness for me. I associated the change in the weather with the trauma of emergency surgery when I was three years old. Then, four years ago, we lost our daughter in the month of November. What..." more
Sunday, October 27, 2013 5:46:30 PM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled When Will We Ever Learn?:
Marcella said, "For me, October is always a special time of celebrating life. My father and four of our grandchildren were born in October. In addition, it is also the month in which Grandparent’s Day is honored in many parts of the world. October 24th, was the..." more
Saturday, May 11, 2013 6:09:34 PM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled Mother’s Day: “Arise All Women Who Have Hearts…”:
Marcella said, "I will always remember a poignant story my father shared about his boyhood years in conflict torn Ireland. One morning, my grandmother took him by the hand and brought him to the backfield of their farm where a young man lay dead after a battle with..." more
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 12:26:53 AM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled September 11, 2012: Celebrating Courage:
Marcella said, "The root of the word “courage” is “coeur”, which translated means “heart.” To act with courage basically means to respond with heart. Today, we celebrate the courage of thousands of men and women: firefighters, police, and many others..." more
Thursday, March 8, 2012 4:55:12 PM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled March 8, International Women’s Day: Breaking Through Obstacles to Justice:
Marcella said, "Last week, I had the privilege of being part of the 56th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, at the UN headquarters in New York City. Thousands of women and girls (and some men and boys) gathered to explore the obstacles to..." more
Friday, December 9, 2011 10:36:24 PM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled Afraid of the Dark: Waiting for the Light:
Marcella said, "As the days get shorter and the nights longer, I am aware of some deep primitive part of myself that longs for the light to return. My Irish ancestors built a giant mound on the River Boyne oriented to the return of the sun. I visited there twice,..." more
Sunday, September 11, 2011 7:57:43 PM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled September 11: “And a Little Child Shall Lead them…”:
Marcella said, "On the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, all of the memories of that day come back to me as if they happened yesterday. I was getting ready to go to my office when I heard a knock on the door. One of..." more
Monday, July 11, 2011 1:14:25 PM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled Life in the Cracks:
Marcella said, "The sidewalk had cracked so that the way was rough and I had to watch my step. I had been reflecting on the third path of the spiritual journey called “breakthrough and birthing” according to translations of the work of Meister Eckhart..." more
Thursday, May 5, 2011 5:16:59 PM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled The Stretch Marks of Motherhood:
Marcella said, "I received several surprising and interesting comments in response to my March blog: What Do Women Really Want? Three of the comments referred to different ways to remove stretch marks after pregnancy. Evidently the blog title tapped into a need..." more
Sunday, March 27, 2011 7:08:59 PM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled “WHAT DO WOMEN REALLY WANT…?”:
Marcella said, "March is the month of honoring women around the world. It marks the celebration of International Women’s Day and the convening at the United Nations of the Commission on the Status of Women. The purpose of the Commission is to explore successes..." more
Sunday, January 23, 2011 3:04:52 PM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled When Will We Ever Learn…?:
Marcella said, "January 2011 begins the second decade of the 21st century. It also marks the end of the UN Decade of a Culture of Peace for Children of the World, which began in the year 2000. That year was also the beginning of the Childrens Peace Theatre in..." more
Saturday, November 27, 2010 1:50:39 PM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled November Gifts From the Sea:
Marcella said, "November has always been an “in-between” month for me. The reds and gold of autumn departed and the bright cold blues and whites of winter not yet arrived __ a time of waiting and emptiness. This year, November held special feelings of loss and..." more
Thursday, September 30, 2010 5:41:55 PM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled Celebrating the Grand in Grandparents:
Marcella said, "A time set aside to honor grandparents each year occurs in the autumn months of September and October in many parts of the world, including the U.S., Canada, England, Scotland, Wales, Italy, and Estonia. The Italians celebrate Grandparents Day on..." more
Monday, June 14, 2010 6:34:14 PM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled One Hundred Years of Honoring Fathers:
Marcella said, "In 1910, a young woman named Sonora Louise Smart Dodd began a yearly celebration for fathers. She wanted to honor her own father, William Jackson Smart who, following her mother’s death in childbirth, raised an infant and five other children as a..." more
Saturday, May 22, 2010 8:41:13 PM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled Compassion on the M15:
Marcella said, "A few days after the aborted car bombing in Times Square, New York City, I was taking the M15 bus back to a friend’s home on the lower East Side. I had just experienced a long and tiring day at the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review..." more
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 8:10:37 PM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled Keeping Our Promises to Our Children:
Marcella said, "The year 2010 marks the end of the UN declared Decade of Peace for Children of the World. The opening ceremonies for this special decade were scheduled for September 12, 2001 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The fiery collapse of..." more
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 8:10:37 PM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled The Light Shines in the Darkness: the Power of Story:
Marcella said, "Why do we need stories? Why do we need to retell stories- to read and write stories? Particularly in times of darkness stories give us glimpses of the light of hope and the promise of peace. (Is this perhaps the origin of the bedtime story?) Through..." more
Saturday, July 25, 2009 2:10:29 AM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled Moving Out of Neverland:
Marcella said, "Fairy tales and other timeless stories can act as the opening script to bring us onto the stage to explore our own life story. These tales give us glimpses into life and can open us up to explore new possibilities and choices, especially in the face..." more
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:50:01 PM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled Beyond Abuse: Reclaiming Personal Power:
Marcella said, "This month we celebrated International Women’s Day and the UN Commission on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) met at the UN headquarters in New York City. The purpose of the Commission is to monitor gender equality and to..." more
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 5:44:37 PM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled New titles for mother:
Marcella said, "There are two new titles associated with the office of the US Presidency. First Lady Michelle Obama has described herself first and foremost as Mom-in-Chief. Her mother, Marian Robinson, now carries the title of First Grammy. What a powerful message..." more
Thursday, January 22, 2009 1:00:03 AM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled “…happily ever after” a promise or ploy?:
Marcella said, "What is there about fairy tales that continues to facinate us across cultures and time? Why do Sleeping Beauty, Rumplestilskin and Snow White stir up memories for us? The stories are certainly more about suffering and betrayal than happiness and..." more
Monday, December 15, 2008 2:00:38 PM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled Introducing: once upon a time there was a little girl:
Marcella said, "When young children experience a significant relational trauma before they have words to describe their loss, it becomes part of their “silent” biography. Providing the words for the drama of their loss, fairy tales present..." more
Monday, December 15, 2008 1:58:39 PM
Marcella Shields subscribed to the blog: once upon a time there was a little girl
Saturday, November 1, 2014 6:11:52 PM
Marcella Shields wrote a blog post titled HARVESTING HOPE IN A VIOLENT WORLD:
Marcella said, "A few days ago, while searching for the last green beans on the vines in our garden, the importance of the act of harvesting occurred to me. Some of the older beans were large and would not be as delicious to eat. They had missed being picked..." more