Transcending: Words on Women and Strength by Kelly Corrigan
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Author Kelly Corrigan wrote this moving essay about women's remarkable capacity to suport each other, to laugh together, and to endure. The full text is available in the paperback edition of her memoir, The Middle Place, on sale December 23, 2008.
After watching this post, I found Kelly's book "The Middle Place". It touched me deeply & I recommend it for anyone who is a daughter and a mother. I also recommend it for husbands.
You can't define women any better than this. Excellent!
As I sit here and watch this Vid on Christmas Eve, I reflect on all thing this this year has brought me, death, birth, sadness, pain, anger, loss, amung other thing. I lost my 20yr old cuz to suicide this past sept. I was devastated. I have lost love, had my heart broken, and still im alive. I reflect on all the people who I have on my side as my group. They may all not be women, but they are my blessing. you all need to thank your women for being there for you, no matter who they are.
After all these years, and all your talks, your warm, funny and sad books and now podcasts, ‘this’ is still my favourite. I still watch and listen to this in particular, sometimes I forget the Kleenex until it’s too late, and I still share this with girlfriends, tonight to my favourite cousins. I admire you immensely.....
I am reading this from a dark and numb place. I have been here before and imagine it may not be the last time I visit. Hearing this sparked the first flicker of feelings in a period of time I can no longer define. It reminded me I will eventually feel again. Probably grief and rage that were too terrifying to imagine and ultimately the embers of hope that are never fully extinguished. I stand at the abyss and hope I can find the strength and courage to turn away. Your words help. Thank you.
She captured the spirit of what makes women special. A woman or a group of women can bring strength, support, grace and fragility of a spiderweb to whatever is before them. Thank you Kelly. You captured the spirit of our Soulstice Sisters.
This is one of the most poignant gifts of speech I have ever heard. Every word so tangible and eloquent. This is the type of writing that is so real, so very connective to all the wonderful Mothers, Grandmothers, Sisters, Aunts, Nieces Girlfriends... it ties us all together....We're pretty great...aren't we??? You made me cry. Thanx
You have expressed so beautifully the essence of what I value about my chosen sisters...my own "flock." I'm so blessed to have them! Thank you for sharing those soulful words and thoughts!
Shelly
Absolutey beautiful. Yes, tears streamed down my cheeks as I listened and watched, thinking of friends, children, family, good times and bad, happy and sad. I thank God for all those whose lives have touched mine in a positive way and only hope that I have done the same for them. Life is so precious. Thank you Kelly and thank you to my dear friend Marilyn, for sharing this with me.
I feel so lucky to have been born a woman, who has such wonderful friends to share with. To share the good, the bad - they go through it with you and are always there to lend support. We are lucky. Barbara
Ms. Corrigan's words eloquently spoke to the heart of the bond I share with my women friends, who know me from 'here to there' & 'then to now' without a word spoken.
This was forwarded to me by a friend at a time when inspiration and friends are what I need the most. Thank you for sharing your beautiful words and reminding me that everything will be just fine.
Kelly....I LOVE the way you write your wonderful thoughts. Thank you for sharing your words both in writing and in reading to us! This piece talked so much about the relationship I have had with my wonderful mother. She is 91, recently moved to a longterm care home. In the past few months my mother has lost so much cognitive ground. I weep for what we no longer can share in words but the strength of her arms around me say more than words! You have inspired me to write again today! joanne
i think this is a great reminder to be thankful for those special women in your life. all to often they are taken when we least expect it so make sure they know how important they are to you...you dont have to be the Perfect friend...you just have to show up!
Under a shadow of PMS and affects of a full moon and bad, overprocessed, dry hair, I watched this, I cried, I smiled and my soul felt lighter. Thank you so very much.
Word! Excellent. My group of strong women is The Pious Ladies. My now-33 year old daughter named us that years ago as a diss -- but we adopted the name happily. Since 1983, the Pious Ladies have met once a month at rotating houses, sharing everything. Just like this video says.
Rae Stabosz
It is so nice that you would take the time to express yourself with these healing words. you never know how powerful the words can be for one person. thanks!
I cried! I felt relief. I am so happy there are real women in the world!
I quickly recognized this scenario. Thanks to Kelly for putting it into words that I can share with others. I too shed a tear because it describes some of my most precious and important relationships. Thank you so much, Kelly. Merilie
*sigh*
It just doesn't stop choking me up no matter how many times I watch it. I NEED this video right now like so many NEED to see this. Thank you, Kelly!
Women-I am proud to be one! Thank you for sharing, inspiring, and reminding us of what is important.
Just brilliant Kelly. Thank you. I cried my way through the whole thing. You hit every note. As a two time cancer survivor, I felt your words deeply.
Just watched it a second time through and still cried. What moving words. It makes me want to both stand straight and strong and proud to be a woman, and also to lean heavily and comfortingly on a good friend at this very moment.
WOW!!! THANK YOU!! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL GIFT I FOUND FOR IWD. JUST OUTSTANDING. IN 5 MINS YOU MOVED ME FROM CURIOUS TO A SMILE, TO TEARS AND TO A SENSE OFREAL SENSE OF BEING A WOMAN. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.
One of my best GF's gave me this book for Valentine's Day! We met when her oldest and my youngest were in pre-k
11 years ago. Although VAINPARN moved away from my life, I talk to her at least once a day. She is a true testament to what lasting friendship is all about. Everyone should be lucky enough to have a good friend send you Kelly's book... just because they love you. I't time for me to pass the book on.
this is amazing...her words are so wonderful. What a great woman.
Thank You - I have a group of girls (8 of us)from elementry to high school we have been friends - we do a girls weekend each year b/c we are scattered all over the country - We realized in the past 2 years how very important those times are - not just for a good time but for exactally what you have shared - THANK YOU - thank you for the good cry and for the reassurance of how importantant these girls are -
Eloquently said. A female friend of mine just died of cancer this month. I had 2 uncles die from cancer last year - within 3 months of each other. Your words were very moving. Thank you.
I was so moved thanks for giving me that. I too belong to an amazing group of woman who I can't imagine not being in my life. I feel blessed to have them in my life and I am so glad that others can experience this joy. Peace
I was with my mom in her final months and saw that experience as her final gift to me. What a gift to learn to see death as a process instead of a crisis.
amazing... amazingly wrote... amazing story... amazing meaning... amazing affect on people! thanks for sharing! brought me to tears!
Thank you so much for sharing this. I feel so blessed to be part of a wonderful bunch of ladies in Dallas just like you wrote about. What an inspirational piece! Thank you again!
This makes me cry every single time. Thanks, Kelly
My niece sent this to me. My special group of women are called the Starfish 5. It's a long story but the good times and the difficult times depicted in this video could have been written specifically about us. Reminds me that the human race are actually more alike than we are different!
I have posted this on my Facebook and have twittered it. This is so beautiful and so gracious of you to share. From me and all the pigeons in my flock we thank you. May you and all of your pigeons have a wonderful holiday season...Sending love and gratitude,
Dorcy
I didn't find my best friends until I was thirty! I was just on the phone with her the other day marveling at our decade-long friendship. I was there for her when she fought to regain custody of her son, and lived to regret it. She was there for me when my son was killed in an accident. I can't imagine life without her.
WOW!
tears....
this is truly what life is all about...our goal is to get to this point before passing...
Life is so sad when you lose your best friend. My best friend was my mom. As I see this video, I wish I had deep friendships to share happy times & to lean on one another
during lonely times.
I'm so sorry for your losses, bluespectra. I lost my mother within a month of being diagnosed as cancer, after mistakenly being told it was arthritis. She was with me almost every day and I miss her terribly. I'm glad you have such wonderful support. We're both lucky in that respect.
This is what true friendship is all about.
May I fill, all those true friendship needs.
Super tribute to friends who hold you up during terrible times....You can't beat friends!!
Saw myself and my friends in these words. Simply awesome and so true.
This is the first time I have responded to a video I have seen on youtube. It is Xmas day and although it is a day of rejoicing, it is also a day of reflection. THNAK YOU FOR THI SVIDEO! it was sent to me from my boss, and I will be passing it on to all the ladies in my life!
In the words of Sandra Bullock...Begginings are scary, endings are usually sad, but its the middle that counts the most(from the movie Hope Floats). I think we can all agree that we all need girlfriends to ride this road with us. These words you spoke are amazing. I will be buying your book and I cant wait to read it.
Thank you for making myself and my friends stop and cry and recall memories.
Elizabeth Terrell
Wow, that was good. Still swallowing the lump in my throat. Thank you for sharing.
Michele Cozzens
The strong women in my life called themselves BOODLERS! They went out every Thursday just for fellowship. Thank God for the strong women in our lives.
That was absolutely wonderful. Woo Hoo for us ladies
Brought tears to my eyes, it was beautiful!
WOW!! All I can say is that is the 2nd best speech I've heard in a month. Thank you sharing that with all of us, and it's soooo true too.
Amy B.
What a lovely expression of love. You made me cry.
This was e-mailed to me in a link...i thought it was beautiful and a great play on words explaining how women lean on each others strengths to get by bad times and how there also there for the good times.
Loved it, Loved it, Loved it!!!!!
Thank you so much for sharing,
Thank you for that. Wow. So touching and relatable and real.
Beautiful.
Wow! Tears from all areas in my life stream down my cheeks. Thank you!
Thank you. Your talk moved me to think and to remember and to rekindle.
Roberta
Lovely, made me miss my sisters, lucky are you who could know the meaning of sisterhood without being sisters!
I read this on your website a while back. Loved it then. Love it even more hearing you read it. This is exactly how I feel about my girlfriends. Thanks!
Thank you for eloquently summing up what my women friends mean to me.
Thank you!!! Kelly. Great Job! What is a woman without her Mother, Grandmothers, sisters, aunts , and most importantly her girlfriends?
So true. My good cry for the day. Very cathartic.
Thank you for saying aloud what is in all of our hearts. I applaud you.
wow...beautiful!
Thank you momma for sharing this
I, too, have been there. You are not alone. And know that making it through each day, good or bad, proves that you are already stronger than you ever wanted to be. Have hope.
This is awesome! I hope someday to find friendships like this - until then, I'll live vicariously through this author. :)
This is one of the most beautiful things I have seen!
a lovely message of hope! thanks for posting!
Thank you for helping me cry when I needed to.
ohh, I love this. it touched special places. Thank you very much
crying here, what a beautiful words you spoke!
corinnexxx
Wow! Thank you for writing this. I love it!
Love it. Wish you would come to Ohio to read. I think I could talk the whole state into attending.
What an amazing story this brought me to tears!
Tracy
This made me cry with gratitude and gladness to be a woman.
Most amazing poem I have ever heard! And so true, all of it!
Positively lovely. Thank you!
excellent! Very moving and straight on!
Women friendships can carry you through all of life's moments. I have lived in 3 states and have established close friends in each state. These are the ones I can call at any moment and pick up a conversation where we left off. They are my soul mates.
Although we are far apart I still talk weekly with my best friend from high school (grad 1957). Without her I'd be lost.
momcactus...it IS common ground! We ALL go through it ALL...if not before or now...we will at sometime. And it is our sisters & "sisters" who help us through it. It is a pity when someone loses, casts off, rejects, the groups we form in life. This is the stuff life is made of. They ebb and flow around us. Form and break apart and reform. My CORE is my sisters, God bless them. My FLOW are my friends who come and go and come back again or leave forever. Kelly got it all right for us all.
It's been one year since mother died. This was lovely --just what the doctor ordered!
Ranchomom
Absolutely beautiful!
shared with my best girlfriends -- a conversation continuer and expression of so many things we may not have YET said...
This made me laugh and cry...very well done! :)
That was very uplifting, thank you!!
To my girl KT-
This made me think of you and me, we will transcend....thanks for being my friend!
T
This is amazing! Our group is The STP's!!
I still share this video with people. Please keep it on UA-cam.
WOW! as tears roll down my cheeks. WOW!
Kelly Corrigan,... never met her, but I know her,...she is a woman of great heart and mind. I missed her, I wasn't looking, I was stupid, preoccupied.
Wow. This is awesome.
Thank you.
...when it comes and it will come-we will transcend.
Wow - that is so powerful!
brought to tears! thank you. Smiley:D
Beautiful!
So beautiful!! Thank you ;-D
That was beautiful.
Very nice thank you for sharing,
Thank you - you are so right...
Remarkable, thank you.