Terror & Murder on the Max: How to Offer Support in the Wake of a Community Trauma
It has been a Memorial Day weekend full of tear-glistening eyes and cracking voices here in Portland, where so many conversations since Friday evening have at some point turned to a discussion of “what happened on the Max.” Two men murdered, a third severely injured — after all three came...
Extremely Dark Places: The role of empathy in healing from suicide
Walking the dog under the St. Johns Bridge one lovely evening a few weeks back, Marlene and I noticed a small patrol boat circling an area of the Willamette River just downstream from the bridge. With night encroaching, a spotlight skimmed across the shimmering dark surface of the water, searching...