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Former President & CEO of multiple hospital systems and founding president & CEO of 20-hospital OhioHealth, best selling author, film artist, ordained minister, composer, published poet, syndicated T.V. host, trial attorney, federal prosecutor and Municipal Court Judge. Erie is internationally known as the founder of the Radical Loving Care(R)movement. He also heads Erie Chapman Foundation, Dane Dakota Productions, LLC, and Chapman Health International, Inc.

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Former President & CEO of multiple hospital systems and founding president & CEO of 20-hospital OhioHealth, best selling author, film artist, ordained minister, composer, published poet, syndicated T.V. host, trial attorney, federal prosecutor and Municipal Court Judge. Erie is internationally known as the founder of the Radical Loving Care(R)movement. He also heads Erie Chapman Foundation, Dane Dakota Productions, LLC, and Chapman Health International, Inc.

Days 233-235 – Open Forum – Mother’s Love

G-grandma and miles - gr    As I have written before in this space, it is likely that we first learn about love from our mothers. Mine (in a recent photo with her great grandson Miles) turned 97 on August 21. For nearly a century, this date has been an important day of the year for my family. Based on her solid health and superb attitude towards life, I expect my mother to sail through to age 100 in a few years and into her second century. For me and my three siblings, she was our first caregiver. From her, we learned first about the mysterious and magical beauty of Love.

   What do your remember about your first experiences of receiving love or of giving it?

-Erie Chapman

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3 responses to “Days 233-235 – Open Forum – Mother’s Love”

  1. ~liz Wessel Avatar
    ~liz Wessel

    No one particular memory surfaces for me. It is more a feeling, of being safe, secure, enfolded within the loving arms of mom and of being one among the Sorensen family.
    I love the connection I see between your mom and your grandson in this remarkable photo. An aura of love radiates from your mom. Perhaps, if you are fortunate to live as long as she has, you take on a more of a divine glow. Happy Birthday, beautiful lady, Mrs. Chapman!

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  2. Diana Gallaher Avatar
    Diana Gallaher

    What a lovely photo Erie. I think of Mama as refuge. In her declining health, I also am learning a lot about how to receive love.

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  3. Karen York Avatar
    Karen York

    I too am fortunate to have been loved from the start from my parents. I always felt loved, but I especially enjoyed acting like I was asleep when we would go on a car ride so my dad would carry me into the house and put me in the bed. Somehow that brings back feelings of warmth, safety and love from the man I adore.

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