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Sara Fryd
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A Library for Cracow

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 [...]

A Painter's Daughter

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 [...]

My Friend a Daddy

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 [...]

Bereavement on a Bike

*Give a warm welcome to guest author Jeff Sambur who can be reached at Jeff Sambur <jeffsambur@gmail.com>.

All rights reserved.  ©2010 by Jeff Sambur

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 [...]