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Leann Shamash

Mar 11, 2022
2 min

Sisters

#sisters #bestfriends #sistersbestfriends #mysisterismybestfriend #family #myfamily #wordshavewings This post, written by my two nieces, Brianna and Lexi, talks about the joy of being sisters. Brianna and Lexi are just about a year apart and they composed this poem on the spot! It is heartfelt and leaves me with a big a smile of my face at their exuberance and commitment to each other. Thanks, Brianna and Lexi!!! The greatest sisterhood partnership ever! A sister is an auto

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Meditations for the Eight Nights of Chanukah in 2020

Leann Shamash

Dec 12, 2020
2 min

Holidays

Meditations for the Eight Nights of Chanukah in 2020

#ablessingfortheeightnights #unity #tolerance #eyesopen #gratitude #creativity #innovation #resilience #family #generosity #community #shamash #wordshavewings #sayingkaddish A Blessing for the first night: Unity Please keep our minds and our hearts open. To hear ideas of others even when their message is different from our own. To open our minds and our ears to other's messages To find a place of common ground A Blessing for the second night: Tolerance Please help

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Leann Shamash

Nov 15, 2020
2 min

Parsha Poetry

We are Family

#wearefamily #family #bcholdorvador #isaac #jacob #rebecca #esau #yitzhak #rivka #esav #yaakov #competition #withloveweruin #mothersandfathers #familydynamics As much as I want to write happy and fun poems about next week's parsha, Parshat Toldot, I have always found the story of Ya'akov and Esav to be so tragic. M'farshim create an unsavory description of Esav in the Midrash, and at this point relationships and family is ripped apart. I understand that my reading is not t

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Leann Shamash

Apr 29, 2020
5 min

Gratitude

#gratitude #tehillim #iamgrateful #whyamigrateful #mindfulness #whyyouaregrateful #aware #goodhealth #family #sunrise #blessings #outdoors #light #zoom #nature #friends #music #dance #home #garden #family #roofoverourheads #shabbatmeals #spring #nature #health #time #facebookpost #covid19 #wordshavewings #sayingkaddish #mothersanddaughters #weremember #youropionions #yourthoughts When we wake up in the morning we say Modeh Ani, where we thank God for the breaths we take, fo

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The Toys Miss You- A Covid-19 Poem for our Grandkids

Leann Shamash

Mar 19, 2020
1 min

The Toys Miss You- A Covid-19 Poem for our Grandkids

#family #covid19 #grandmothers #grandfathers #grandmashouse #bubby #missyou #wordshavewings #toys #hideandgoseek #patience #thingskidsdo #wearefamily The closet is waiting for you to make tiny apartments The pillows are on the couch and long to be spread under tables and desks for forts The bedposts are longing for new spider webs made from colored yarn The dance floor is looking for a their doll dancers to dance and pose. Soon The stuffed animals are sad that they are not m

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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.

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