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Tag: parenting

avram and the not so barren sarah — 1.1.8

Posted on 7 October 2011 by mira

It was not that Sarah was barren—it was more, perhaps, that she had had enormous difficulty holding a child to term.  And those she had lost had all been girls and were not counted by the fathers of her lineage, nor troubled over by the master of her house.  The rebbe retreated to manuscripts and…

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secrets of the tzaddik

Posted on 23 August 201124 August 2011 by mira

He wanted it spelled ‘poppa’ not ‘papa.’  He was definitive about that, but not about much else.  I always wondered why. It seemed anachronistic, that spelling, but maybe that’s the point. He was from a different era. How could he not be?  Maybe the word  ‘poppa’ made him feel warm and fuzzy, and maybe  ‘papa’…

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abraham, sarah, and hagar, a kaddish for patterns worth shattering

Posted on 11 April 201112 April 2011 by mira

The question is do we feel sorry for Abraham, or do we say goddamn it, you knew what you were getting us into? Or is there some other way to resolve the whole bit? I’ve been thinking about this for at least a thousand years, maybe two. Maybe three. The whole situation sucks. There’s this…

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a kaddish for those who don’t escape

Posted on 12 March 201113 June 2011 by erin

My ordeal was long ago and I’m fine. For far too many others, this story is today, this story is now, and this story is how they will die.

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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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reasons for staying alive

Posted on 20 February 201127 March 2011 by mira

We were signing papers. Getting them notarized. It was a jocular moment. I was trying hard to keep it that way. I was giving him complete authority to take over my affairs should my brain start to melt and/or body start to fry its circuits. For that time, in other words, when we cease to…

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