June 15th, 2009
Fergus Falls Story
StoryCorps — the nonprofit project to honor and celebrate lives through listening — just posted a story about the memories of one Marcia Page: A Special Childhood Friend. Marcia spent part of her childhood on the grounds of the Fergus Falls State Hospital. Her father was the chief clinical psychologist there during part of the 1950s. While the piece is unfortunately brief, it does offer a warm glimpse of what life could be like for a hospital employee’s child. Read the Story
It’s hard to describe what I was feeling seeing the pictures of the fire today after just having recorded with StoryCorps and enjoying the Blog post about living in the “Castle.” It looked from the still shots like the fire was put out…I certainly hope so. I had not been to the Kirkbride website prior to doing StoryCorps and it has been a wonderful adventure seeing the pictures and sharing them with my mother….remembering so many precious moments there. I would hope that Fergus Falls would ultimately enjoy the rebirth that has taken place at the sister Kirkbride in Traverse City, Michigan.