Claudette ScheffoldThe 9/11 Memorial Feels Different NowVisiting the 9/11 Memorial as a survivor.Sep 870Sep 870
Claudette ScheffoldTurns out — running was easier than therapy.Using therapy to manage my grief hadn’t worked. Burying my emotions and not letting them out was unsustainable. By the spring of 2002, I…Apr 19, 20211Apr 19, 20211
Claudette ScheffoldTherapy? I don’t need no stinking... Wait, I think I need that.I was dealing with my own grief while trying to help organizations serve others who were also grieving after 9/11. It wasn’t great for me.Mar 5, 20211Mar 5, 20211
Claudette ScheffoldI took the path down a bumpy road.While mourning the loss of my father who died on 9/11, I began working at an organization helping others who were also impacted by the…Jan 31, 2021Jan 31, 2021
Claudette ScheffoldMaybe I Was in Denial. It Worked for Me.As much as I have been looking forward to 2021 and putting 2020 in the rearview mirror, I have also been dreading this year — and not…Jan 9, 2021Jan 9, 2021
Claudette ScheffoldFind Art in All ThingsHe ran into burning buildings by day. On his days off, he created.Dec 10, 20201Dec 10, 20201
Claudette ScheffoldNever Give UpWhen life feels especially grim, look around and use what you have to get through it. But never give up. Ever.Nov 5, 2020Nov 5, 2020
Claudette ScheffoldTrying to Live Up to High Ideals Isn’t EasyTrying to live up to the ideal modeled by my father has never been easy. In, fact it’s hard.Oct 29, 2020Oct 29, 2020
Claudette ScheffoldThere’s an armed madman on the loose. Should we go trick or treating?A man with a gun was on the run in the woods behind our house. My dad told us not to worry, so we went trick or treating as usual.Oct 29, 2020Oct 29, 2020
