After our sister Jane’s death, Margie and I, working long retail hours, did not communicate very often. Although we did not speak about our loss, Margie sent me a poem she’d written. She eloquently expressed her feelings in it.
Who has broken into our lives?
Who has spoken to our brokenness?
Who keeps breaking into our presence?
We don’t have all the answers.
We do have a lot of questions.
We search in a world of bereft.
Descent upon our hearts, for we need renewing away.
We await your love and power to heal and bless.
Refresh us now. Enlighten us now.
Our bodies have given us pain and we need healing.
Our emotions have been bruised, and we need your comfort.
Descend upon our hearts this day.

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

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