I was 45 years old; divorced with two children, when I re-married a man who wasn’t Jewish. My father refused to come to the wedding— and shut me out of his life. Though we were not raised to be strictly observant Jews, he had been raised Orthodox; I knew that Orthodox Jews don’t accept inter–marriage; they […]
Celebrating with love—and laughs
His birthday is this week; and we were planning an event to celebrate him. Our daughter Alli said she imagined it as a surprise party —and wanted to make sure that he would love everything about it. A couple months have gone by; memories of his pain and suffering have faded. Still it can be […]
Missing: The Mother State of Mind
Every mother gets these words—and every mother will get this post which is a perfect example of how true these words are. Actually I wrote it almost two years ago but felt too superstitious to publish it. ( I still feel a little superstitious but I’m posting it anyway. ) Here’s the email […]
10 Reasons I Love You
It’s a day for love…to the tune of an estimated $18 billion dollars. That’s a lot of hearts and flowers. (And a lot of chocolate.) I never come close to spending the national average of $116 per person— but I’m still sentimental, and I want the people I love to know it. So if you […]
Driving home—till death do us part
I drove home from Los Angeles, drained by the past weeks. Howard was gone, but he was everywhere around me. In my car, which he had helped me buy a few months ago. On the road itself, the 300 miles between Los Angeles and Carmel that he had driven countless times over the years, coming […]
at a loss
I’m at a loss —for words and so much more. There’s never been such a long gap on my blog; and there’s never been such a huge hole in my heart—- due to losing Howard, my ex-husband, father of my 2 children, in many ways my closest friend in the world— who died two days […]
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