Yahrzeit
Laura died in the early hours of the morning of Saturday, January 30, 2010. Here is the story of…
Category: I will miss you
Turmoil
You never know how you’re going to react in the face of the loss of a loved one. When they…
Ten years
“And sometimes anniversaries hurt . You feel them in inexplicable aches in your body, or in a general unease that…
Friday, November 22nd
Today is Friday, November 22. John F Kennedy was killed on Friday November 22 in 1963. I still remember standing…
You will help me, Bulus and God.
On September 22, 1941, the start of the year 5702 in the Jewish calendar, Renia Spiegel wrote in her diary…
Reading Terminal Market
It’s been almost a month since I joined Anne Mei in our apartment in Philadelphia along with our furniture and…
Poignography.
As I mentioned in my last post, love after death can get caught up in magical thinking. When I said…
Traces of magical thinking
It’s been a week since Toto died and I still open the front door expecting to find her curled up…
Each day dawns but once
Today I take comfort in the maxim “Each day dawns but once.” Last night I woke frequently, every time…
The sister I hardly knew
She hated it when I called her my “baby sister.” She was the youngest of seven. I, the oldest. She…