Dream Visitor // A chance to make Amends
C
hedva Taplin was dreaming. In the dream, she was talking to a woman she did not know, a woman who seemed very upset with...
Standing Your Ground // Was she “nuts” or was it a nut?
It was a bright sunny day, harboring no premonitions of disaster. Marie had driven from her home in Marietta, Georgia, to Nashville, Tennessee, (where...
Are You Ruining Your Child’s Future Relationships? // The actions we take now as...
Can it be that we parents may unknowingly be impeding our children’s abilities to form strong relationships later in life? This thought came to...
Fear & Freedom // Two friends gaze across the chasm of illness and infection
On a muggy evening in late September (fall offering no respite from the stifling heat of the previous months; airless and oppressive, the physical...
More Than Meets the Eye // A swollen eyelid that turned out to be...
Every time she woke up with the swelling, I felt a niggling unease. Something told me we were on the wrong track. I just...
Finding Light after Loss // Two mothers, a generation apart, met under...
Meir Greenfeld was a few months past his bar mitzvah, in 2003, when he was diagnosed with Myelodysplastic Syndrome, a rare form of blood...
Chasing After My Sister // Lessons my paralyzed sister taught me
Three months ago, my sister Rivka, quarantined in a nursing home in Baltimore, died from COVID-19. It was a pitiful way to die, comatose...
A Sticky Situation // Why did every cut get infected?
When I got a nasty scratch from a nail in the door, I didn’t think much about it. It was long and deep and...
Snow Way! // Everything you always wanted to know about the powdery stuff
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
So...
The Extended Family // children of divorce face challenges; one woman is providing help
Talking with Shterny Steinmetz immersed me in a sea of inspiration.
Shterny started by sharing some details of her life and explaining how she got...
