Today, I’ve lost my friend,Anita.Anita wasn’t just MY friend, but a friend to many.Margo was Anita’s lifelong friendto the inevitable end.Margo never married, had no children or siblings.When she started to decline and developed dementia,Anita did not abandon her.She visited every week,brought her anything she might need,took over her finances.When […]
Friendship
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My dear friend Susan passed awayon a cool, cloudy winter day. Her sister, Linda, just phoned me.We knew one day this would be. For a long time Sue was very illeven when doctors gave her pills. Many times we spoke by phoneor I would visit Sue at home. Always, we […]
A woman of valor who can find? For her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband safely trusts in her, And he has no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil all the days of her life. Proverbs 31:10–31 How many of us have […]
Being a Good Friend “Oh, please,” Ruthie begged. “I don’t know, Ruthie, I’m dating Bob, and I’m not really interested in meeting anyone new.” “Well, it’s not as if you’re gonna marry Bob. Com’on. I’m really in a man dearth. Besides, I haven’t seen you in weeks. It’ll be fun.” […]
Trickling water soothes and calms my soulas I watch each ripple during my stroll. Here and there I see a duck swim by.I take a deep breath and then I sigh. The water would be too cold for mesince the air is at a low degree. The wind is blowing […]
Don’t judge me by the color of my skinTake a look inside, see what’s within. Don’t judge me by my nameOr the place from which I came. Don’t judge me for my sexual choiceInstead, just listen to my voice. Don’t judge me by my sense of styleFirst, let’s sit and […]
Image: chabad.org My wedding day was September 7, 1970. Rosh Hashanah was September 25th that year. I was truly a new bride (think honeymoon). We were married in New York City. Most people didn’t live together in those days before marriage. We moved to Washington, D.C. where my husband was […]
If we were friends I’d give you my heart we’d dance and sing and play and do art We’d skip through the creek paddle down the riverrun as fast as we can we’d laugh and we’d holler We’d dress up for funclimb mountains highwe’d swing from the branchesreach for the sky But I’m getting olderI can’t […]
John Banzhaf was a lawyer at a high end law firm in New York City. He was against smoking and wanted to get cigarette commercials off the air. The problem was his firm represented Phillip Morris. Needless to say, he needed to find a new job, which he did at […]