Topic Tags: mourning

“It’s a wonder / How comfort arrives: / From what source?”

“I want to know this: did God see you / trying as hard as you could / to live?”

“You can’t bring them back, but you can learn their Torah”

“Help us feel the companionship of families, friends, ancestors and the Divine Presence”

“May the light of each soul shine on”

“I remember my beloveds daily”

“Souls have a way of living on / Inside of us”

“I found a pair of dress shoes I had long forgotten / caked with mud / hidden away in the back of my closet”

Entering year three of the COVID-19 pandemic

“My neighborhood is radiant in its mourning”