Judy Lipson

Judy Lipson is the author of Celebration of Sisters: It Is Never Too Late To Grieve, winner of the Literary Titan’s 2021 Silver Award, and a contributor to The Loss of a Lifetime: Grieving Siblings Share Stories of Love, Loss, and Hope, Edited by Lynn L. Shattuck and Alyson Shelton. Founder Celebration of Sisters, an annual ice-skating fundraiser to commemorate the lives and memories of her beloved sisters Margie and Jane to benefit Massachusetts General Hospital’s Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program. For a decade, a contributor to Open to Hope, serves on the board of the COPE Foundation, and shares her story as the keynote speaker for The Bereaved Parents National USA 2023 Conference, The Compassionate Friends National Conference, and The Open to Hope Cable television. Judy’s passion for figure skating was rewarded by being the recipient of the 2020 Get Up Award by U.S. Figure Skating Association for her resilience on and off the ice. www.judylipson.org and judylipson.substack.com

Articles:

Keeping Lost Siblings In Your Heart

I am a sister who sadly lost both my sisters. Although I will permanently have a hole in my heart, I am learning to embrace my beloved sisters to encompass an important place in my life. My sisters Margie and Jane are forever part of me, who I am, past, present and future. My heart is opening, and I am welcoming my sisters back into my heart where they truly belong. I suppressed the grief of my beloved sisters for 30 years. In looking at pictures of my beloved sisters and me, I try to recall the beautiful memories of […]

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