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Tag: moms

the stones I cannot place

Posted on 13 November 201213 November 2012 by mira

My mother’s ‘passing’  has crippled my writing.  And apparently that’s not all. It would be unfair to blame her, per se, because that would be rude.  But I’ve had a sneaking suspicion that she’s had a hand in it.  Some lesson left to teach. I thought what would be fitting (I had this brilliant idea…

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daily kaddish: for Bradley’s mom

Posted on 29 October 201130 October 2011 by erin

My friend Bradley lost her mom this spring, and today she shared a touching picture of her mom on Facebook. I was thinking about her tonight while recording the daily kaddish.

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a good enough mother — or not

Posted on 24 August 201124 August 2011 by mira

I’ve been thinking a lot about my parents. Not just my mother’s illness and my father’s death, but also about parenting altogether.  How are we with our pups? How are we with our own children? How are we with the next generation, and the one after that and after that. The do-we-say-I-love-you post is part…

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daily kaddish: for J.K. Rowling’s mum

Posted on 16 July 2011 by erin

On this, the opening weekend of the very last Harry Potter movie, a kaddish for the woman whose death inspired it all—at least according to Mira.

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daily kaddish: for leiby kletzky

Posted on 14 July 201115 July 2011 by erin

A kaddish for a little boy who was excited to walk home alone for the first time, whose walk ended in senseless tragedy. A kaddish for all the children whose good days turn horribly, unaccountably tragic, and for their families who will never, ever understand why.

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daily kaddish: for karen’s mark’s mom

Posted on 1 June 2011 by erin

A Kaddish for my friend Karen’s husband Mark’s mom, whose funeral was today.

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a kaddish for hindy nobler

Posted on 10 May 2011 by mira

The funeral was so fast!  Her brother was leading people off to head for a gathering at the house, one last time.  One of the chapel people, said “Stop — we haven’t said a kaddish!”  Some of us had been waiting for a kaddish.  But he was adamant — she wouldn’t want a kaddish.  Just…

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the tzaddik and the negotiator — a mother’s day meditation

Posted on 7 May 2011 by mira

Malkah was in such awe of the tzaddik that she spent most of her time with him asking questions, and nodding at the wisdom of his responses.  Of course, his responses generally started with the need to do more research.  Look things up.  Even go to the library, when he was stumped.  But most of…

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daily kaddish: for Ruth Leavitt Kadish

Posted on 6 May 20116 May 2011 by erin

Today’s Kaddish is in honor of Mira’s longtime friend Lori Goldwyn’s mother, Ruth Leavitt Kadish. Lori wrote a yizkor for her mom a few weeks ago, and it was my honor to record today’s kaddish for both of them.

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voices in the volvo

Posted on 1 May 20111 May 2011 by mira

There’s something I really don’t like about finishing things.  Good at starting.  Good at ongoing.  Good at thinking about.  Finishing:  very depressing. So.  I had just finished organizing the entire program for a SWAA conference one year, along with two colleagues.  SWAA would be the Southwestern Anthropological Association.  And we planned some real conference treats….

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