Love is Felt Most Deeply When it is Leaving

by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Grief, Spiritual | 4 Comments

"Love is felt most deeply when it is leaving." I can't unearth who first said the above quote, but it's frequently referred to when speaking of love and loss. Most of what I could uncover was in...

Is Friendship a Happiness Drug?

by Lillian Lake | | Angel Encounters, Spiritual | 4 Comments

Is friendship a happiness drug? Lately, I've pondered the benefits of friendships and what they offer to a community. An angel sat on my shoulder and nudged me to write this today. Angels know that...

The Answer is Always Love

by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Spiritual | 2 Comments

On my mind this week is "community love" or "community in love." There is no more powerful energy than love. As these two concepts settled in my heart, I felt I would venture to share my thoughts....

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A Wellness Journey Begins

| Caregiving, Food, Spiritual

In the beginning. Eight years ago, following emergency surgery and an extended stay in the hospital, I couldn't eat any food without extreme bloating and pain, requiring a potent pain reliever. I spent months on bone broth and didn't have the energy to walk beyond my...

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The Answer is Always Love

| Building Community, Spiritual

On my mind this week is "community love" or "community in love." There is no more powerful energy than love. As these two concepts settled in my heart, I felt I would venture to share my thoughts. This nudge came from an online post announcing the formation of the...

Caregiving

Cancer Caregiving Awareness. Every day is different. Every day is the same.

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My cousin, Tom, passed away. I think of how he changed after the passing of his wife, never letting go of his anger over her death. It was an exceptionally tragic passing when our knowledge of cancer was in its infancy so many years ago. Her death inspired my...

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It’s Easy to Shift Focus to the Next Tragedy

| Building Community, Grief, Spiritual

Greetings, dear readers. I baked today and will bake tomorrow, too. I bake when I need to think. Today, I thought about all kinds of things while I baked three batches of shortbread, a carrot cake, which will be tomorrow's birthday cake with cream cheese frosting and...

Trafficking

Red Market and Black Gold Market are Other Names for Organ Trafficking

| Stop Trafficking

Sex trafficking and labor trafficking are more widely researched and discussed, but another area of trafficking is organ trafficking. I first heard about "organ harvesting" in the early 2000s, but that was long before I heard about human trafficking. Honestly, it is...

Conscientious, Optimistic

Lillian Lake is one of the most energetic and enthusiastic people I know. Her irrepressible determination to find and optimize strategies in pursuing any number of worthy issues is an inspiration. Lil is dependable and conscientious, optimistic and cheerful; she would be great to have on your side in any struggle.

~ Cynthia Hoeh Stancioff
Local Food Day Fiddlehead Festival Committee Member

Passionate, Involved

Within the first minute of conversation with Lillian Lake, it’s evident that you are speaking with a passionate and involved community member. Lillian works assiduously in both her research of issues and how situations affect the people and environment of her community. She connects her research in human trafficking and food insecurity between the local and the global, and conveys these connections at speaking events and conferences as a means to educate and advocate for change. Lillian’s sensitivities to the needs of others and her unflagging energies makes a big difference in the lives of many.

~Krisanne Baker

Professor, University of Maine at Farmington

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