• September 12, 2011
    The Final Blog for This Project “A season is set for everything, a time for every experience under heaven: A time for being born and a time for dying, A time for planting and a time for reaping… A time for weeping and a time for laughing, A time for silence and a time for [...]
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    September 11, 2011
    This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24.)  It is with a feeling of humility and thanksgiving that I write this blog.  Last night, knowing that September 11 was coming, I was jumping out of my skin.  I finally took a Xanex, ate a cookie, [...]
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    September 10, 2011
    Exactly one year ago, on September 10, 2010, I began this project.  On Monday, September 12, I will write my last blog for this project, but not my last blog.  Every Shabbat since my first Shabbat blog, which happened to fall on September 11, 2010, I’ve shared words and images of healing, comfort, and inspiration [...]
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  • September 9, 2011
    Post Traumatic Stress: Part II – Surviving and Healing When a loved one dies, one often feels that their life has ended.  People who are naturally resilient eventually adjust to life without the loved on and move on with their lives.  However, some people shut down and, in all ways that matter, their life has [...]
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    September 8, 2011
    “The days dwindle down to a precious few, September, November.  These precious days I’ll spend with you.”  (September Song, by Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill from the Broadway musical, “Knickerbocker Holiday.”  A variety of vocal and instrumental versions of this song, compliments of YouTube, are listed below for your listening pleasure.) The days are dwindling [...]
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