I learned how to play guitar when I was 13. My best friend taught me.The first song she taught me was Changes, by Phil Ochs, who was a folksinger in the 1960’s. We would spend hours sitting in her bedroom figuring out new songs. I loved to play and sing and found it a great […]
Jakob Schaffer was given a Blessing for “long life” from a Rabbi in 1937. The words of the Rabbi to Jakob were, (as translated from Yiddish to English) “You are going to live a long, long, long healthy life. You have come from and crossed many frontiers. No man, no enemy, will have the power […]
Six degrees of separation is the theory that everyone and everything is six or fewer steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person in the world. A chain of “a friend of a friend” statements can be made to connect any two people in a maximum of six steps. I believe this, and I also believe […]
Walt Whitman summed up my feelings on this last day of the year (which also happens to be my birthday) It makes for a day of reflection as it not only marks the end of the calendar year, but also another year in my life. I am not a New Year’s resolution person, I believe […]
“It’s not having what you want – It’s wanting what you’ve got” I heard those lyrics this morning from the the song Soak Up The Sun, and it got me thinking. Being happy with what you have is crucial to overall happiness, I think. Not comparing your life to someone else’s, not being envious, being happy […]
Today would have been my father’s birthday. He died 9 years ago. I think of him often. Are we who we are because of genetics? environment? a combination of both? As I have grown older I have to come to realize I am my father’s daughter most certainly. So much of who I am, the […]
The word “tradition” itself derives from the Latin tradere or traderer literally meaning to transmit, to hand over, to give for safekeeping. A tradition is a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. So many of the posts I have read over the last week have talked about the “holiday season.” […]
Can you pinpoint the moment someone came into your life that would change its course? Now almost 40 years later I can- but back in 1975 when he walked through the front door I had no idea. He was handsome and charming in a kind of sullen way- and oh so smart. I was 16, […]
A friend of mine who is in her 80’s, has had a caregiver for the last two years, as she suffers from Parkinson’s disease and cannot live independently. She lives nearby and I usually see her every day, to say hello, to see how she is, to spend some time chatting. As a result of […]
For the last 8 years I have served as a volunteer in the Pastoral Care Department of a hospital. I visit patients and talk with them. Sometimes the nature of our conversations is spiritual, other times it is just about whatever is on their mind. I have visited people who are in their 90’s, Holocaust […]
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