{"id":11417,"date":"2024-08-09T17:27:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2024\/08\/09\/obituary-friendship-essays-eulogies-profile-writing\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T16:43:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T16:43:30","slug":"obituary-friendship-essays-eulogies-profile-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2024\/08\/09\/obituary-friendship-essays-eulogies-profile-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Besides, there&#8217;s more room &#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">I didn\u2019t know the woman honored in an essay in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thephoenixspirit.com\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Phoenix Spirit<\/a>, a Minnesota-based publication focused on emotional and spiritual health. 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I met Logsdon in a writing workshop several years ago. She had, over the years, moved away from more traditional career pursuits and was working as a spiritual advisor; as part of that, she writes a column for the Phoenix Spirit, which is as thoughtful as it is well-crafted.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>Her&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thephoenixspirit.com\/2024\/07\/friends-forever\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEjGdJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQzsIzwmLUkennUnPgOz5Sakm_ZRP8QOnBQjFT4wif9iZ9jRotaYMobU9Q_aem_l4Ylo4j9cW8CJxFyclPOiw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>tribute to Eileen is a masterpiece of profile writing<\/strong><\/a>. 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She soon had two children, was living in a trailer house near her husband\u2019s Wisconsin family and left alone while he told stories into the night at the local bar. She walked her children past and sometimes into the nearby college, peeking around corners to see what life was like for the students she saw, not much younger than her. She feared they\u2019d know she didn\u2019t belong.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>When she told him she got a job at the college, he assured her they would never keep her.&nbsp;<em>What could she offer?<\/em>&nbsp;She took one college&nbsp;class followed by another, growing in confidence and amazement as she discovered a new side of herself.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>The pacing and detail kept me going through a story I otherwise might have given a brief scan. As I read, I was able to touch the edges of Logsdon\u2019s loss. I learned about a person I would like to have known. I thought about my own close friends and what I most value about them. I considered what they give to my life, what I would miss about them if they were gone, and whether I spend enough time tending to the gifts of their friendship.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>These are the kinds of things not only eulogies, but all intimate storytelling should do. 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