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Category Archives: family
730 days…
730 days ago MY MOM died. Not a day goes by that I don’t think of her sometimes remembering times gone by, other times angry at her for dying (I didn’t say I was rational only human), often just missing … Continue reading
Confession – I cannot do a pull up
Confession – I cannot do a pull up or a chin up. Every year during gym class I felt like a failure because there was no hope for me doing a pull up as part of the government’s physical fitness … Continue reading
What a day!
I do not know what happened but I promise when I took this photo it was rotated 90 degrees to the right so just tilt your head and it will be fine. This is a picture of me just after … Continue reading
Pralines n’cream
It isn’t my favorite ice cream flavor, I’m a jamoca almond fudge girl. Nevertheless, I go to Baskin Robbins every year on your birthday and order a small cup of pralines ‘n cream because it was your favorite, GRANDMA. That’s … Continue reading
Dunk-a-dunk-a-dunk
Yesterday THE DIVA and I went to the mikveh. I suggested that we go to mark the first anniversary of MY MOM’s death and THE DIVA thought it would be good to do. I immersed in the mikveh one other … Continue reading
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5 Kislev is here
Today is MY MOM’s yahrzeit. It was one year ago according to the Hebrew calendar that she died. Last night when I got home I lit the yahrzeit candle and opened a bottle of MY MOM’s favorite wine, Kendall Jackson chardonnay. … Continue reading
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This is the end
Tonight when I get home I will light a yartzeit candle to mark one year since MY MOM died. Tomorrow I will stand and say the Mourner’s Kaddish as I’ve done all year. What a ridiculous year it has been. … Continue reading
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The piñata effect
Benjamin Franklin said, “in this life nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” This post is dedicated to you, reader, because I know that there is no way to be immune from death. Ben Franklin said … Continue reading
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A new month begins, an anniversary looms
Today was the first day of Kislev (MY GRANDMA’s yahrzeit). While the marketing blitz that is the holiday season begins after last week’s holiday in preparation for Christman, Chanukah and even Kwanzaa, there is another occasion looming large this week. … Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving
I hope that you have a happy, meaningful and delicious Thanksgiving. There are so many things to be grateful for this year. To name a few, I am grateful for MY DAD, THE DIVA, my family and friends, the opportunity … Continue reading
Rabbi Eleanor Steinman 