Joan Connor
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
joanconnor6@gmail.com
joanconnor.wordpress.com
Legacy writing provides an important legitimate structure of communication for the author and for generations that follow. As a former educator within the public schools I seek creative methods to instill within all ages a desire to create, collaborate and convince all persons of their worth and abilities.
What is certain is that your native creativity is part of your design, and you should never let anyone interfere with it, especially your thinking and writing.
Jeff Herman (2018)
As a senior volunteer, I joined the Peace Corps and spent two years in Mongolia (2011-2013). I then returned to Peace Corps Response and served several months in Rwanda (2014). I taught ESL abroad and received an M.S.Ed. in Literacy, Culture and Language Education through the Peace Corps program with Indiana University.
Currently, I am a student in Lindenwood’s MFA Creative Writing program and pursuing Amherst Writers & Artists certification (summer 2020). My goals are to:
1) Support the sacredness of legacy writing
2) Share the importance of telling our stories
3) Inspire all persons to leave an inheritance of self
I look forward to working with you.
Edna C. Groves
Boise, Idaho
edna@ednacgroves.com
Edna’s website
630-204-1650
I love the act of writing. I believe in writing as an instrument of self-exploration, understanding and ultimately, healing. I come to Legacy-writing from many facets of myself: I'm a former psychotherapist with twenty-two years of privileged connection to people's stories. I worked with individuals, couples and groups, using the writing process as one means of self-discovery. I am grateful to be able to offer a safe yet stimulating climate in which people can learn, understand, forgive as necessary, and grow...and even laugh now and then.
Since 1975 I've also been an ongoing workshop leader and facilitator, a teacher, a speaker, a life-long seeker, a published writer, and an occasional Wise Woman. I'm becoming cognizant about the challenges of growing older in body as my spirit grows wiser. I'm a wife, mother, and grandmother. I live the same questions that I invite others to explore. I believe that the wisdom of seasoned people is a treasure, and that Legacy Writing connects us to that wisdom. I've known sadness, and have come to know joy.
In addition to my Master's degree in Counseling Psychology, I'm a Certified Sage-ing Leader (from the former Spiritual Eldering Institute). I'm a member of the Heartland Grandmothers' Council, and have taken PeerSpirit Circle training with Christina Baldwin. I'm honored to offer myself in the service of writing our legacies.
