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Cornelia Maude Spelman

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Cornelia Maude Spelman, MSW, is a writer, artist, and former therapist who writes about emotions and relationships. Her memoir MISSING, about her search for her mother's past, is now in paperback.

Cornelia has been writing a daily diary for 35 years, and is presently writing Volume 250. Her diaries (closed until 2070), her mother’s teen-age diaries; family photos, letters, and papers (open for researchers), are being archived at the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America in Cambridge, Massachusetts https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu ...more

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	When I Feel Angry 4.03 avg rating — 558 ratings — published 2000 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your Body Belongs to You by Cornelia Maude Spelman (Goodreads Author), Teri Weidner (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 358 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When I Feel Sad by Cornelia Maude Spelman (Goodreads Author), Kathy Parkinson (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 2002 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When I Miss You by Cornelia Maude Spelman (Goodreads Author), Kathy Parkinson (Illustrator) 4.14 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When I Feel Scared by Cornelia Maude Spelman (Goodreads Author), Kathy Parkinson (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 2002 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When I Care about Others by Cornelia Maude Spelman (Goodreads Author), Kathy Parkinson (Illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2002 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When I Feel Worried by Cornelia Maude Spelman (Goodreads Author), Kathy Parkinson (Illustrations) 3.88 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2013 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When I Feel Good about Myself 3.98 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2003 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When I Feel Jealous: The Way I Feel Books 3.88 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mama and Daddy Bear's Divorce by Cornelia Maude Spelman (Goodreads Author), Kathy Parkinson (Illustrator) 3.95 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 1998 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Then, whenever I feel the sun on my face, I will think of you, " I told him. "You will always be with me, Bill. Because of all I have felt for you, and all I have learned from you.”
― Cornelia Maude Spelman, Missing: A Memoir

tags: emotion, friendship, relationships, william-maxwell

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“When I feel angry, I want to say something mean, or yell, or hit. But feeling like I want to is not the same as doing it. Feeling can't hurt anyone or get me into trouble, but doing can." (Bunny from picture book)”
― Cornelia Maude Spelman, When I Feel Angry

tags: anger, helping-children-manage-anger, managing-emotion, non-violence

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“It could not have been easy for Mother, an only child, to grow up without a father and with a mother who was remote. Photos of her as a child show her extremely dressed up --Cornie's beautiful little doll. But a daughter, unlike a doll, grows up, and might fall in love with and marry someone her mother does not like; she becomes an individual with her own ideas.”
― Cornelia Maude Spelman

tags: emotional-legacies, family-relationships, mothers-daughters, parenting

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