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On the Other Side
#ontheotherside #sayingkaddish #listening #listeninginsteadofspeaking #prayer #morningminyan #thememoryroom #achange #atransition...
Leann Shamash
Dec 23, 20202 min read
Housekeeping
#ontheotherside #sayingkaddish #thememoryroom #housekeeping #wordshavewings An Update Housekeeping me? Nope, it is a strength that I do...
Leann Shamash
Dec 22, 20203 min read
The Parade
#aonewomanparade #iloveaparade #joy #relief #endingsandbeginnings #elections #neder #vows #makethingsbetter #thebestisyettocome A...
Leann Shamash
Nov 11, 20203 min read
Friday Afternoons at The Falls
#dementia #alzheimers #memories #memoryandforgetting #thepowerofmusic #thepowerofsong #musclememory #joy #aging #agingwomen...
Leann Shamash
Nov 10, 20202 min read
Travels With Trixie Noodle
#rescuedogs #travelswithtrixie #trixienoodle #meandmydog #aroundtheneighborhood #walkingyourdog #thebenefitsofadog #mydog #trixie #luigi...
Leann Shamash
Oct 30, 20203 min read
Memories of The Charles
#likeariver #river #yoga #dance #miten #charlesriver #chairyoga A year ago last summer I entered into The Falls, where my mother lived...
Leann Shamash
Oct 8, 20203 min read
The New Year: Always an Opportunity For Something New
#roshhashannah #jewishnewyear #tishrei #roshhashanna #igettheurgeforcooking #tomrush #andigettheurgeforgoing #brisket #honeycake...
Leann Shamash
Sep 24, 20204 min read
Preparing for a Spiritual Marathon
#Kiteitzeh #parshatkiteitzeh #mercy #showingmercy #empathy #showingempathy #training #trainingforthemarathon #spiritualtraining...
Leann Shamash
Aug 28, 20203 min read
See My Garden
#mygarden #julygarden #poemsaboutgardens #beautifulgardens #herbgardens #beegardens #flowergardens #frogsinmygarden #teainthegarden...
Leann Shamash
Jul 13, 20202 min read
A Letter to You, Dad
#saul #dad #daddy #ourdad #95 #happybirthday #birthday #memories #rememberingdad #dadwhatwouldyouthink #thinkingofyou #politics...
Leann Shamash
Jul 6, 20204 min read
Wanderings
#wanderings #wandering #capecod #painescreek #brewster #walkingeveryday #beautifulcapecod #thinking #considering #exploring...
Leann Shamash
Jun 28, 20203 min read
What We Have in Common
#whatwehaveincommon #differences #commonalities #politicaldifferences #incommon #supporters #commonalities #findingcommonground...
Leann Shamash
Jun 25, 20202 min read
A Million Stories
#story #abillionstories #yourstory #tellyourstory #covid19 #coronavirus #everyonehasastorytotell #iliveinahouse #apartments #homes...
Leann Shamash
Jun 11, 20201 min read
A Tale of Two Communities: the Gomel Blessing
#gomel #covid19 #sayingkaddish #kaddish #wordshavewings #mothersanddaughters #gomelblessing #reinventing #followinganillness #creativity...
Leann Shamash
Jun 5, 20205 min read
YIZKOR: WE ARE BUT A SUM OF OUR PARTS
#yizkor #sumofourparts #weareasumofourparts #remember #zachor #weremember #placesinourlives #piecesofourlives #memories...
Leann Shamash
Jun 1, 20202 min read
Bring out the Tailgate Party: It's Rosh Chodesh
#roshchodesh #sivan #roshchodeshsivan #holidays #halfholidays #celebrations #halfcelebrations #wayswecelebrate #behappy #jewishholidays...
Leann Shamash
May 26, 20204 min read
It's All About The Excuses
Mom is gone and saying kaddish looms (maybe that is not the right word...it sounds so negative) for the year to come. Since dad passed...
Leann Shamash
Mar 4, 20203 min read
Words have Wings
"Children are an extension of their parents and a profound connection always exists between them, even after death. Because of this...
Leann Shamash
Mar 1, 20202 min read
Three Orphans Sitting on a Bench-February 3, 2020
I am 63 Barry is 62 Paul is 59. We sit on a bench following morning minyan. Heads bowed. Hands on our laps We are orphans now. We have...
Leann Shamash
Feb 29, 20201 min read
Welcome to "Words Have Wings."
During the year following the death of a parent it is their children's responsibility to say the kaddish. This blog is a series of reflections while saying the kaddish for my late mother, Irma Gershkowitz.
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