{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F6de474aa-e9cc-4921-bfe8-4f21cdd02f84","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Episode 063\u2013Lucy Ravinsky \u201cIf I Should Ever Lose You\u201d with Bruce Hilliard\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/6de474aa-e9cc-4921-bfe8-4f21cdd02f84\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 063\u2013Lucy Ravinsky \u201cIf I Should Ever Lose You\u201d with Bruce Hilliard","description":"Sibling Loss--A Sister's Journey From Despair to Celebration, If I Should Ever Lose You and I Don't Know How It Happened are three works, a book and two songs, by author and songwriter Lucy Ravinsky. This episode focuses on the importance of writing and how she overcame a great loss as a 16-year-old with the sudden death of her younger brother. The story of her early life and relationships, the night her brother was struck and killed by a car and the aftermath and healing is told in her book\u00a0Sibling Loss\u00a0under the pen name Laura Prince.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nLucy's book of her loss and recovery (pen name Laura Prince).<br />\r\nLucy started writing poetry as a child and later took her writing talents to songwriting. Her featured song\u00a0If I Should Ever Lose You\u00a0was a\u00a0CAPAC songwriting contest winner. It was written in memory of her beloved brother but it's a song that relates to anyone who has lost a loved one under any circumstance.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nLucy says\u00a0I Don't Know How It Happened is her best work to date.\u00a0 She refers to it as storytelling in a country ballad style. She says it needs some country guitar but you decide. This is a very good arrangement.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nIn Lucy's words: \"We have all come a long way in the last 50 years in regard to helping one another and communicating. For example, in the 60\u2019s & 70\u2019s homosexuals were hiding their orientation due to being victimized by the public, including being killed. Postpartum depression was scoffed at as the spoiled and childish attitude of a woman who didn\u2019t want to take care of her newborn. Help was so illusive in the 60\u2019s that recovery was almost impossible from most major traumas.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nI am so grateful for the universal compassion of people today and with all the avenues of interaction available; the internet being paramount, and the ability to express, study, exchange and learn about the development and treatment of very serious issues. \u00a0These avenues offer a huge support system to the suffering.\"<br />\r\n<br />\r\nLucy has so much to share about her hardships, victories and the importance of the mighty pen.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/2b9f5e98-53e2-4dff-a990-0f977a308696/logo_squish_full_3000.png"}