adapted from a message by Rabbi Meir Moscowitz Good morning! So why in the world should we celebrate our birthday? It's after all just another day when another human being was born. A birthday is chosen by G-d - not by your parents, … [Read more...]
Story: High School Reunion
It was a hot and sticky summer night twelve years ago. Kelly’s 30th high school reunion. She took one last look in the mirror and thought, “Not bad, for an old broad.” Then she laughed at herself. “Where did that expression come from? It’s 2007, not … [Read more...]
Story: String Too Short to Save
Poet Donald Hall told the story of a hermit in New Hampshire, a man who passed away leaving behind sheds full of hoarded stuff. In one of the sheds was a box labeled, “string too short to be saved.” That’s what we do with the trivia that gets in … [Read more...]
Story: Turning Point
Can you identify a turning point in your life? Was it a celebration or time of great strife? Was there a loss that still resides in your heart? Was there a birth that puts joy in that same heart? Were there words heard from years past, With … [Read more...]
Story: We’re the Millers
Divorce isn’t easy under the best of circumstances. And for both Larry and Karen the circumstances were probably as good as it gets. Larry was forty when he and his wife Ellen split up. It wasn’t a good marriage from the get-go. They were too … [Read more...]
Story: The Spectacular Death of Rosa Lopez
This is a story about my death. Maybe someday someone will write about my life, (though I doubt it) but today I’m writing about my death and what happened after. My name is Rosa Lopez and I was making empanadas when I died. It was a heart attack, … [Read more...]
Story: Laila and the Pope
Laila Simpson felt like she was all alone in the world. She was farther from the truth than she could ever know. Alone? Who is alone in a world teeming with people? Who is alone on this Earth where creatures and critters crawl and fly? Who is … [Read more...]
Story: Timmy’s Secret
A little boy answered the ringing phone. A woman faintly heard a voice say hello. It sounded like a young child. "Is your mommy or daddy home?" she asked. "Yes," whispered the small voice. "May I talk with one of them?" The child … [Read more...]
Story: Where God Ain’t
He was just a little boy, on a week's first day. He was wandering home from Sunday School, and dawdling on the way. He scuffed his shoes into the grass; he found a caterpillar. He found a fluffy milkweed pod, and blew out all the "filler." A … [Read more...]
Story: Race of the Angels
There once was an angel named Speedy who bragged about how fast she could fly. She flitted here and there, doing her heavenly duties in record time. Tired of hearing her boast, an angel called Slow and Steady, challenged her to a race. All the … [Read more...]
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