A Voice of Reason in the Chaos
Life is the classroom and the struggles are our lessons. This is some of the wisdom that Lisa Luckett shares in this enlightening episode of Jen Riday’s Vibrant Healthy Women podcast.
When you shift your thinking to the idea that life is happening FOR you and not TO you, it can change you.
Vibrant Happy Women Podcast Episode 169: Everything is Happening For You (with Lisa Luckett)
Lisa Luckett’s life shattered on September 11, 2001. As the first plane struck the World Trade Center, Lisa witnessed America’s greatest tragedy on television as well as her own.
Lisa whispered the words, “Goodbye Teddy, I love you,” surrounded by her close friends as the buildings fell that morning. Her husband Teddy headed to his office at Cantor Fitzgerald earlier that day. As he left the house, the happily married couple said their morning goodbye, calling one another ‘soulmates’. Lisa watched him leave, not knowing this would be the last time she would see Teddy.
Though she could have easily fallen into despair, Lisa instead chose to pursue light and positivity in the face of tragedy. In her new book The Light in 9/11 – Shocked By Kindness, Healed By Love, she shares a deeply personal journey of preparation, friends, community, and taking the right steps toward recovery and beginning a new normal.
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From the Asbury Park Press
Read the full story here: How Fair Haven mom overcame 9/11 loss — and her advice for others coping with tragedy
A woman who lost her husband in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks has written a new book about her experiences in the years since.
Fair Haven resident Lisa Luckett’s husband Ted was killed in the attack. She says that while hundreds of people who lost loved ones on that day gather at Ground Zero for the anniversary, she simply meets with friends at the town’s 9/11 memorial.
“It’s still very sacred. This is a very tight community. I’m where I am because of the support here,” Luckett says.
Luckett’s husband’s death left her to raise her three children alone. They were ages 7, 4 and 4 months at the time.
She says that she’s spent much of the past 17 years working to turn the experience, plus her subsequent battle with cancer, into something positive. She says that the first step came in the days after 9/11 by letting her guard down and letting people help her.
“I walked through this metaphoric door and was overwhelmed by the feelings of gratitude, humility and love that bowled me over. And I have never stopped seeing the positive ever since,” Luckett says.
She says that a few years later she came up with a way to give back — knitting lessons in her living room.
It turned into a form of therapy and meditation for dozens of local women who had come to her aid in those days after the attacks. She says it grew into a brand she calls Cozmeena. It includes hand-knit shawls, her new book and a new life as an inspirational speaker, working to help others struggling with grief and loss.
“It’s based on 9/11. It’s the story, the book, of how 9/11 became the catalyst for me to experience remarkable personal growth,” Luckett says.
More information about Luckett and her brand can be found at her website.
Read the full story here: 9/11 widow writes book about years since the attack