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Tag: grief

a kaddish for Randy — guest post from Tim Lavalli

Posted on 27 June 201129 June 2011 by mira

A good friend died this week. He took his own life. We are all shocked and saddened by his passing and we are all asking ourselves – why? Which is to say, we are having the normal human reaction to such an unnecessary loss. I am not going to praise him here, you did not…

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daily kaddish: the sadness of hard decisions

Posted on 19 May 201119 May 2011 by erin

Tonight’s Kaddish expresses the grief and indescribable sadness of reaching a wrenching decision—when no amount of certainty can ease any of the pain.

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a kaddish for the happiest couple in america and really bad books

Posted on 9 May 201110 May 2011 by mira

That’s what he called them.  “The happiest couple in America.”  And as soon as the words were out of his mouth, the spell was broken and she was gone. I mean, where do you go from there? Repeat cycle?  Which would mean more of the same.  And if there was more of the same, would…

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another kiddish for our kaddish

Posted on 29 April 2011 by erin

Mira, your writing and thinking and worldview blow me away on a regular, delightful basis. This is me saying in front of God and everybody what an honor it is to be your collaborator.

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some perspectives from the shikse’s dad

Posted on 26 April 201126 April 2011 by erin

Dad and I were talking about the “kaddish in two-part harmony” project the other night, and he muttered something about spending a career dealing with death. I’d never quite put it together that his thirty years in the Social Security Administration had had him dealing with death all the time—well, duh! So I asked him to write a guest essay about what that was like.

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daily kaddish: after kiddush

Posted on 13 April 201111 July 2011 by erin

A kiddush for our kaddish. A kiddush for the best collaborator a kaddish-player could possibly have.

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eulogy for my father

Posted on 25 March 201125 March 2011 by mira

Quite a number of people have told me how moved they were by the words I spoke at the my father’s funeral.  Some asked for copies of what I said.  Still others asked to hear those words for the first time when they read reference to it in an obit somewhere.  I don’t think I…

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a kaddish for those who choose their ends

Posted on 28 February 201123 March 2011 by erin

They offed themselves. Both of them, together. She’s pissed, and devastated, and who wouldn’t be? But I can’t help admiring their decision, even as I share her grief and anger.

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daily kaddish: a kaddish for mr. one-paw

Posted on 15 December 201023 March 2011 by david

It’s a lesson I have to relearn each time: the hardest thing is the sudden deprivation of rituals. This is the last time Fuller will ever be on my lap. Friday was the last time Fuller played with his favorite catnip mouse. One minute he’s here, the next he’s gone.

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recent kaddishim

Posted on 27 November 201023 March 2011 by erin

descriptions of kaddish recordings from 18-26 November 2010

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