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 [...]
Before I knew the words to describe a rainbow,
I could mix the colors of heaven,
of mountains; of Arizona in the spring.
Each morning in darkness before the molten Phoenix sun
would crest the parched desert,
Papa would sneak out the door
quiet as a whisper
to paint this house or that castle.
Peeking…
With one eye around [...]
Everyday, somewhere a child
stares out a window
Waiting…
for Dad to come home.
It doesn’t matter what kind of work he does
(though a fireman or race car driver would be great).
It doesn’t matter how much money he makes
(though getting a new bike is better than not).
It doesn’t matter how tall he is or [...]
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In November 2008, I traveled east from Colorado to New York City to see my almost- 90-year old, cancer-ridden father. The purpose of the visit was to make peace with my dad, for there [...]