It has been a year since we have been on lockdown and our lives disrupted. My husband and I received our second covid vaccine late last week, and in addition to the huge hope it instilled in me, it also allowed me to feel the weight of the last year. It is funny how that works. Sometimes, when there is a light at the end of the tunnel, you can unclench your Continue Reading
For All Those Who Grieve
My beloved mom, Marlene Marks Kornick z''l has been gone for 3 months now & today my grief hit me hard. Today on the first day of this new year, my tears flowed like a waterfall. Perhaps it was being on break – which meant that the busyness of my life settled down and the grief I had obviously delayed, could seep in. Why today? Maybe it was Continue Reading
Two Spiritual Approaches to COVID-19
Whoever you are, wherever you are, you are affected by the current pandemic of Covid-19 coronavirus. I want to offer a few spiritual approaches and insights that I hope are helpful or comforting no matter your spiritual tradition. Whether you are worried about your elderly parents, or your chronically ill child. Some of you live alone, and are scared Continue Reading
How To Respond When Everything Falls Apart
When everything falls apart, you learn what you are made of by how you respond. Yes, first you mourn and cry out in pain and despair. And then, when you find that you have endured, perhaps the worst you could have imagined, you have choices to make. How do you hold what has happened and how do you walk toward healing? When adversity confronts - Do Continue Reading
If Your Heart Is Breaking
If your heart breaks each day you hear of the cruelty inflicted upon children & fellow humans in our government's care - --- take heart -- For it is far better to have a heart that feels, than one that has hardened. If your heart can still be crushed, it means you have compassion. The alternative is to train yourself not to feel, in order to Continue Reading
