Thursday, September 14, 2006

Visiting Ocean City, Md., this past weekend, I found in the local newspaper -- The Daily Times -- a story about the efforts of a husband to honor the memory of his wife, who died at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.

Donn Marshall set up the Shelley A. Marshall Foundation because, the paper quoted him as saying, "Something good had to come of that day." The foundation has sponsored local reading programs, creative writing contests and a summer art workshop.

And to celebrate Shelley Marshall's fondness for unwinding at day's end with a cup of tea, the foundation hosts tea parties -- with real teacups -- for the residents of nursing homes. Thanks to the Web, the foundation has received donations of more than 500 teacups from around the world.

Certainly it appears that Donn Marshall and all of the foundation's supporters have helped something good come out of a terrible loss.

And so has Beth Ward, the local reporter who told this story. Good local journalism helps us keep alive the memories of people and events that help shape who we are. And sometimes, storytelling allows us to participate in the life of our communities in ways we otherwise might not have discovered.

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