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Claudette Scheffold

Claudette Scheffold

Turns 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…

17 min readApr 19, 2021

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Turns out — running was easier than therapy.

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Claudette Scheffold

Therapy? 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.

12 min readMar 5, 2021

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Therapy? I don’t need no stinking... Wait, I think I need that.

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Claudette Scheffold

I 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…

16 min readJan 31, 2021

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I took the path down a bumpy road.

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Claudette Scheffold

Maybe 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…

13 min readJan 9, 2021

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Maybe I Was in Denial. It Worked for Me.

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Claudette Scheffold

The Chief’s Helmet

Find beauty. Be generous.

4 min readDec 10, 2020

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The Chief’s Helmet

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Claudette Scheffold

Find Art in All Things

He ran into burning buildings by day. On his days off, he created.

7 min readDec 10, 2020

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Find Art in All Things

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Claudette Scheffold

Never Give Up

When life feels especially grim, look around and use what you have to get through it. But never give up. Ever.

12 min readNov 5, 2020

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Never Give Up

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Claudette Scheffold

Trying to Live Up to High Ideals Isn’t Easy

Trying to live up to the ideal modeled by my father has never been easy. In, fact it’s hard.

8 min readOct 29, 2020

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Trying to Live Up to High Ideals Isn’t Easy

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Claudette Scheffold

There’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.

9 min readOct 29, 2020

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There’s an armed madman on the loose. Should we go trick or treating?

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Claudette Scheffold

Fireman’s Daughter

I didn’t have to look for far to find a hero. I was eight when I realized not all adults were quite like my dad.

7 min readOct 29, 2020

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Fireman’s Daughter

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Claudette Scheffold

Claudette Scheffold

Proud 5th generation New Yorker currently raising the 6th generation in NYC. Daughter of FDNY Battalion Chief Fred Scheffold, who perished on 9/11.

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