Traverse City Record-Eagle

Jill Harrigan-Worden

  • Surviving & Thriving: Daughter gives strength

    My jaw must have been hanging on the floor all those years ago as I looked at the nurse and said, "Could you repeat that?" "Your blood tests came back positive," she responded. "You're pregnant. Isn't that what you came in for? A blood test to see if you were pregnant?" It was the exact opposite.

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    May 9, 2008 12:00 am 1 Photo
  • Surviving & Thriving: Love from beyond is felt in many ways

    She lay in my hands, my daughter's parakeet. She was dying and I didn't want her to die alone so I held her in my hands and took her outside to the trees and sunshine. I looked at her, helplessly wishing I could ease her transition into whatever was beyond this place, looking for a clue or sign of something showing me what is beyond death.

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    Oct 4, 2007 12:00 am 1 Photo