ARE YOU ALONE even when you’re not?… 5 tips to get to “alone is not lonely”

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This may strike a raw nerve with some of you. Yesterday I went to a very busy lunch hour cafe in my town and as I waited for my friend, I began to look around. There they were… let me set the stage She looking down as though she was reading the fine print on… [Continue Reading]

Baby Elephants, Bottles and Blankets…one woman can change the world!

Elephant Orphange - Nairobi

I recently was in Kenya and had the great fortune to visit The Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi. The babies were saved from certain death when their mothers were either poached or otherwise could not care for their babies. When the program first started, the mortality rate was very high and no one knew why. The… [Continue Reading]

The Shadow of ” You’re only supposed to …”

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This weekend I happened upon one of my favorite movies. It is YENTL. If you have never seen it… please rectify this immediately! The story is about a Jewish woman who pretends to be a boy so that she can go to school and study the TORAH. Barbara Streisand plays the woman who tricks the… [Continue Reading]

Living in the Shadow of Violence

Caught betweeen two worlds?… be happy with both!

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Do you sometimes feel that you are caught between two conflicting sets of morals and values? Do you feel tugged and pulled with having to make simple decisions? I met someone recently who had to “not invite” her parents to a significant celebration because the parents ” from the old country” would take over the… [Continue Reading]

PARENTS GET OFF THE TELEPHONE…and play with your kids, please

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I am visiting my child in Philly and went to see a beautiful ORCHID show at LONGWOOD GARDENS. As I was waiting for my car service to pick me up I saw a Mom SLAP her little girl ( age 5 or 6) because she threw a small snow ball and it landed on a… [Continue Reading]

EXPIRATION DATES… applied to the “stuff of life”

Old Stuff by lrargerich, on flickr

I was recently visiting my parents in Trinidad and wanted to take my Mom to the beach so I was rummaging around for sunscreen. I found 5 tubes/bottles/sprays all way past their expiration dates. The worst was 1987 and the newest was 1996! I immediately started to wonder about the ” stuff” we carry around… [Continue Reading]