I belong to a Holocaust Survivors email list that travels around the globe online helping Survivors find other Survivors. More than six years ago I received an email about a young man who wanted to start a library in Cracow, Poland and needed help filling the shelves with Jewish books. Seems he was raised Christian to save his life. Finding out [...]
It takes courage to stand tall
when we feel our wounds so visible
worried that all will witness our pain…
Courage and bravery…
strength beyond words.
You present yourself with such grace
with such dignity, head held high
turning your face to the light
letting the sun warm your soul
knowing that you have…
God’s blessings at your [...]
Happy Mother’s Day Everyone!
I don’t need a special day
Lucy & Nusha
to remember you
Or our kitchen.
A place that invited all of us in
With smells and tastes
Not matched by any restaurant.
A place where we would gather
For sustenance and hugs
As well as daily discussions
of earth shaking proportions
Of who did what to whom.
Your kitchen came filled [...]
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Little sister dear, little sister
Listen to my stories of Alice and Dorothy
Of Ruth and Naomi
Countless heroines
Women of honor, of grace
Of beautiful eyes and wondrous hearts
Who ride in carriages drawn by golden horses with [...]
Mama said
Don’t call the boys
What ever they say
What ever you hear
Forget the noise
Don’t call them boys
Listen to me
I know what I say
Lived longer than you
Know a thing or two
What ever they say
What ever you hear
Forget the noise
Don’t call them boys
Then my Mama said
Don’t sleep with them boys
Why should they pay
For milk that’s free
What the other [...]
We have a lot of history
You and I
Met when I was eight
And you were brand new.
Been locked in combat ever since
Taking sides
Creating insignificant battles
About family matters and such.
You are my mirror and I am yours.
I see my soul reflected in your eyes
As you reveal me back to me.
And I remember us in black and white
And [...]
We were inseparable
Sisters born in an hour of desperation
Of need, of my divorce
I believed we would last forever
Sisters by choice not birth
There are friends capable of loving you
San Xavier Mission by Sara Fryd
I held a mirror up to you
So you could see the fire
You carry deep
The voice you crave to share
With the hunger of years
One cannot retrieve
No matter the longing.
You reversed the mirror for me
So I could visit my own reflection
Hear my own voice, however faint…
Answers to questions asked
You, and me
Birthed in [...]