Sometimes we just need a story..

....I had used a quote from a childen's book called Crow and the Weasel by Barry Lopez "If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive." I meant it figuratively till then. Now, I realize that it can be literally true when a person has a life-threatening illness. Sometimes a person really does need a story that provides hope, nourishes the will, or provides meaning, to stay alive"

-Close to the Bone- Life-threatening Illness & the Search for Meaning by Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.-