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Sunflowers
In my garden today, the dying sunflowers painfully reminded me of my friend Miriam and the gold that is fading in front of me echoes that larger loss.
The sunflowers are blooming in my garden. Planted a few months ago, I watched them pop out of the ground, tiny green shoots reaching through the dirt, standing straight and tall through the mass of weeds and mulch that needed cleaning.
I left for Israel when they were just towering over me, green sentinels of the garden, their blooms waiting to open at the ends of the tall stalks, so I knew…
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A Thank You Letter to My Insurance Company upon Denying the Claim for My Kid’s Medication for the Fourth Time
A Thank You Letter to My Insurance Company upon Denying the Claim for My Kid’s Medication for the Fourth Time
Dear Favorite Insurance Company,
Thank you so much for denying the claim for the recommended medication for our child! We never knew how creative we could get with brain tumor cures until you went against three doctors and a surgeon to base your final decision on the vast medical knowledge of Tom in accounting. In these days of misinformation and blindly trusting science, it is good to know that…
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#BCBS#brain tumor#cancer#drugs#health#health insurance#healthcare#inhibitor#insurance#kids#medication#premiums#treatment
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The Return
Sometimes we die on the mountain, or we get stuck on Circe's island. Maybe we forget all callings of home, happy to drift in dreams on the shores of the lotus eaters.
The holiday of Rosh Hashanah is right around the corner and it kicks off a period of introspection and teshuva – a word that describes repentance but is literally translated as “return.” We are supposed to look back at the choices and mistakes we have made over the past year and apologize, express contrition, and ask for the slate to be wiped clean. In essence, returning us to what we were before…
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#apologies#circe#greek gods#greek heroes#hero&039;s journey#journey#nostos#odysseus#return#Rosh Hashanah#teshuva#theodyssey#troy
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A Song for Miriam
Missing my friend.
I went to the ocean to sing a song for Miriam, stood looking out onto the waves as they crashed to the shore and thought about my friend. How she would have loved to have been here.
The ocean was her home, the place she went to for peace and tranquility, shepherding men and women to the shore for healing and rejuvenating. I never joined her, promising myself that the next time, the next week, I…
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#family#friends#healing#love#meditation#memories#miriam amselem#mourning#ocean#spiritual healing#tribute#yoga
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The Books on the Shelves
Th objects we keep somehow, over years, become important not in functionality but just in being.
I’m cleaning out my bookshelves and getting rid of books. Marie Kondo-ing my space and deciding what sparks joy and what does not.
Okay, maybe not completely Marie Kondo style.
I don’t think I can properly explain how difficult it is to do that. Over the years, and with the help of Amazon Prime, I have amassed an impressive collection of books. They’re everywhere, and while I like to think…
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#books#bookshelves#Childrens Literature#Harry Potter#horcrux#library#literature#marie kondo#Neil Gaiman#organizing#penseive#reading#shakespeare#sparknotes
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Bumper Sticker Fandom
If we can find commonality in a lightsaber, a dragon, or a sorting hat, maybe, for that one moment, we can forget our differences.
Yesterday, someone cut in front of me on the highway. I slammed on my breaks and leaned on my horn, but the driver sped away without even a glance in his mirror. He could have waved, or, you know, signaled. But no. He was just like, “%$#@ that!” I know I shouldn’t be surprised – this kind of thing happens every day – but over the years I have felt that there is a certain camaraderie that develops…
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#Avatar the Last Airbender#Biden#bumper sticker#cars#commuter#commuting#fandom#Game of Thrones#Harry Potter#highway#Marathon#politics#running#Sherlock#travel#Trump
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Ten Lessons from a Wedding
No matter how many times I've watched someone break a glass and yell, "Mazal Tov!" nothing could prepare me for making a wedding for my own child.
I’ve been to many weddings. Cried at them. Laughed at them. I’ve listened to long speeches and short speeches. Humorous toasts and heartwarming toasts. I’ve watched a flash mob and participated in one. I’ve danced to Party Rock Anthem.
But no matter how many times I’ve watched someone break a glass and yell, “Mazal Tov!” nothing could prepare me for making a wedding for my own child.
It’s been…
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On Anniversaries
The anniversaries in my life are a mix of celebrations and contemplations battling against each other for days on the calendar that I count down towards in both expectation and apprehension.
As a kid, the only anniversary in my life belonged to my parents. I only understood the concept in terms of weddings. Fast forward a few years and I’m celebrating the inane anniversaries of high school romances: anniversary of our first date, anniversary of our first ice cream, anniversary of other firsts that I thought would signify my forever romance or turn into, maybe, the celebration of a…
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In God's Country
"It was like lying in a great solemn cathedral, far vaster and more beautiful than any built by the hand of man."
Spot-on, Teddy Roosevelt.
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#california#desert#family trip#hiking#Joshua Tree#national parks#nature#planet earth#rock climbing#stargazing#stars#travel#U2
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Matzah and Wine and Switching the Living Room with the Dining Room
Matzah and Wine and Switching the Living Room with the Dining Room
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When I was young, Passover meant the glasses with the disappearing pattern. They were small glasses with a red and blue pattern and when they were filled at the seder, the blue would get lost in front of the deep purple grape juice, the red just barely perceptible beside it. We only had a few of them, but I loved choosing those cups for myself. For me, those…
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#chametz#egypt#hagaddah#judaism#Matzah#Passover#passover preparation#Pesach#religion#seder#tradition#wine
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Scanxiety
Stable scans are a win, but they're a hard win. Scanxiety has entered the chat.
“So how’d it go?”
“The MRI is (supposed to be only an hour and a half but he is in there for 2 1/2 hours while I pace outside vacillating between panic and despair and internal reprimands of thinking positive especially since we had travelled to get this scan on the best machine and the doctors are not expecting anything dramatic since he hasn’t had any symptoms recently but of course that means…
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#anesthesia#anxiety#brain tumor#cancer#chemo#doctors#drugs#hospitals#inhibitor#medicine#mom#MRI#parenting#pediatric cancer#scanxiety
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Not Today
I was late to the Game of Thrones party. When everyone was posting their reactions to each episode and season, I was ignoring it all, not investing in the excitement. So when I decided to binge all eight seasons in one summer, it was a somewhat lonely experience. I finally understood the hype and wanted to talk to people about each episode, but they had all moved on. I was alone.
What I…
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#Arya#Arya Stark#brain tumor#coping#crisis#death#fight#Game of Thrones#mantra#Not Today#pain#sword#the north remembers#warrior
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Evil Decrees
One of the most famous prayers in the Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur davening is the prayer of “Unesaneh Tokef.” The prayer describes exactly what God writes on Rosh Hashana, and what He seals on Yom Kippur. The words provide a menu of ways to die – from stoning to drowning, from plague to hunger – and a description of other negative events that may befall you. Your fate for the year is pretty much…
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#decrees#dueling#evil#fate#God#High Holidays#pain#philosophy#prayer#praying#Rosh Hashanah#synagogue#yom kippur
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One Photo
One Photo: An Anniversary Post
With everyone holed up in their homes trying to keep their families safe, I’ve been challenged on a nearly constant basis. It isn’t the challenges you would think. I’m talking about the photo challenges, the book challenges, the recipe challenges. It seems like everyone is so desperate for entertainment that everything is suddenly a challenge.
“I’ve been challenged to post the titles of 10…
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To My Students (on the day before we start our online class)
To My Students, (On the Day Before We Start Our Online Class)
Dear Students,
Tomorrow is our first class online.
I have to admit, I’m a little nervous. Not so much because we’re online – that part is easy. I mean, what could be so hard about talking to a computer screen for 40 minutes? I’ve been playing around with different backgrounds for my screen, figuring out the best place in my house to run class, and fun fact, considering wearing pajamas. Maybe.
So…
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#coronavirus#covid19#Education#history#internet#online#online class#online teaching#teaching#technology#zoom
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Team Binny - Binny's Speech
Team Binny – Binny’s Speech
I posted the video of Binny’s speech that he gave at the Team Lifeline Pasta Party on his Facebook page, but the sound quality was poor and people asked for copies of the speech. So with Binny’s permission, I am posting it here. I edited it a bit to include some of the lines he ad-libbed, though I know I missed some. But bottom line, this is all his.
This is why we support Chai Lifeline.
I…
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#Binny#binny fans#brain tumor#chai lifeline#marathon training#miami famous#miami marathon#motivation#pasta party#running#team lifeline
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