WORDS HAVE WINGS

Collections of Thoughts and Poetry

Dec 18, 2020
4 min

Hallel

#hallel #hanukah #davening #hallelstory #gratitute #grateful #storiesoffaith #holocauststories Hallel is the liturgic way of sending a...

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Leann Shamash

Nov 18, 2020
3 min

A Memory

#amemory #dayspast #daysthatwillcomeagain #covid19 #pandemic #backtonormal #remembering A Memory: This memory might be yours or it might...

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Leann Shamash

Nov 10, 2020
2 min

Friday Afternoons at The Falls

#dementia #alzheimers #memories #memoryandforgetting #thepowerofmusic #thepowerofsong #musclememory #joy #aging #agingwomen...

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Leann Shamash

Nov 2, 2020
4 min

Old Mama

#oldmama #mamawithfeather #bubby #astoryofagrandmother #nursinghomes #elderly #see Today I prepare to do a presentation at the Jewish...

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Leann Shamash

Jul 13, 2020
2 min

See My Garden

#mygarden #julygarden #poemsaboutgardens #beautifulgardens #herbgardens #beegardens #flowergardens #frogsinmygarden #teainthegarden...

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Leann Shamash

Jun 28, 2020
3 min

Wanderings

#wanderings #wandering #capecod #painescreek #brewster #walkingeveryday #beautifulcapecod #thinking #considering #exploring...

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Leann Shamash

May 28, 2020
3 min

When I Play Alone

#Covid19 #whenIplayalone #apoemforgrandchildren #childrenstory #shortstory #playingalone #lookingoutmywindow #sayingkaddish...

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Leann Shamash

Mar 5, 2020
3 min

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...

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Leann Shamash

Mar 1, 2020
2 min

Words have Wings

"Children are an extension of their parents and a profound connection always exists between them, even after death. Because of this...

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Three Orphans Sitting on a Bench-February 3, 2020

Leann Shamash

Mar 1, 2020
1 min

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...

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Leann Shamash

Feb 27, 2020
1 min

February 2, 2020- Jasmine

Inhale the scent of jasmine. I am a plant person. My husband and I collect plants like some people collect hats or jewelry or shoes....

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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.

WORDS HAVE WINGS

Collections of Thoughts and Poetry

Hallel

A Memory

Friday Afternoons at The Falls

Old Mama

See My Garden

Wanderings

When I Play Alone

It's All About The Excuses

Words have Wings

Three Orphans Sitting on a Bench-February 3, 2020

February 2, 2020- Jasmine

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