December 9, 2020
By Mary K. Tilghman/Special to the Catholic Review
Photos: Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff
When her son, Archer, was seriously injured in a diving accident in 2015, Louise Phipps Senft filled the time waiting on his progress with journal entries, texts and emails to update family and friends about the 17-year-old.
Five years to the day of the accident, Senft, a Cathedral of Mary Our Queen parishioner, launched a podcast, Blink of an Eye (BlinkOfAnEyePodcast.com) Aug. 4. Weekly episodes based on her notes are designed to help others facing traumatic crises.
Using memories, interviews and messages of hope and faith, her podcasts address issues ranging from what to say or text, when to share the truth, and the value of prayer.
“If it captures the heart of people, they’ll listen and tell others,” said Senft, an attorney who runs Baltimore Mediation with her husband, Deacon William Senft. “They’re not alone. God’s always with them.”
Surrounded by her husband, who serves on the cathedral staff, and four other children, she wrote daily while Archer was treated for a broken neck and paralysis in an Atlantic City hospital.
Archer, 22, has regained the use of his neck and the top of his shoulder. He is a senior at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in computer science, studying online from the family’s Roland Park home because of the pandemic.
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