Resolved: A Safer New Year
Our elders will tell you that they remember when people didn’t say the word “cancer” out loud; rather they would either be silent or, eventually, mention the “c” word. The…
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Ringing In the New Year
It’s that time. You know, the time when the ball drops, when we change our calendars to January and try to remember that it is now 2023 and not 2022. …
Kindling the Flame
Within a few days we will be celebrating the holiday of Chanukah, the Festival of Lights. The story is one we all know, of courage that overcame overwhelming odds, of…
On our journey
It is said that people come into our lives “for a reason, a season or a lifetime.” And I believe that is true. There are people who join us on…
Remembering gratitude
There is really no way to miss the fact that it’s Thanksgiving season. From the media to the grocery stores, signs of the holiday are everywhere. We can learn how…
Troubled minds
In truth, it’s not a favorite song of mine, so I am really not sure why a line from Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge over Troubled Waters” has been repeating itself…
Our Collective Trauma
“You live through that little piece of time that is yours, but that piece of time is not only your own life, it is the summing up of all the…
A New Normal
Yesterday, I had an interview with a reporter from a national publication. She and I had spoken a couple of years ago, in the depths of the COVID pandemic, and…
For the New Year
We are quickly approaching Rosh Hashanah, the start of the New Year for those of us of the Jewish faith. Following Rosh Hashanah, we observe the “ten days of awe”…
Our journeys
It is, I think, a fact of human nature that we believe our path is straight and smooth. Of course, we know that it is anything but, that it is…