Judy Lipson is the middle of three sisters. She became a surviving sibling when she lost her younger sister Jane in a car accident. Nine years later, she lost her sister Margie, who had been fighting bulimia and anorexia for over two decades. Judy decided to honor her sisters by starting a fundraiser for Mass General Hospital, where she helped raise over $80,000 in a decade. After that, she decided to put it on paper and wrote her book Celebration of Sisters: It Is Never Too Late to Grieve
In this week's episode, Judy and Maya talk about how it was for Judy when she lost Jane and Margie, how she deals with the dreaded question of how many siblings does she have, how she’s moving forward in her grief journey, what inspired to write her book, and how she felt when her grandson was born.
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In this episode I’m covering:
Intro [00:00:00]
Judy, Jane, and Margie’s story [00:01:23]
Losing Jane [00:08:46]
Losing Margie [00:16:26]
Handling the question “how many siblings do you have?” [00:21:39]
Judy’s grief journey [00:28:10]
Honoring Margie and Jane [00:34:57]
Celebration of sisters [00:40:31]
New life, triggering grief [00:48:25]
Advice for younger Judy [00:51:36]
For full episode show notes and transcript, click here
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