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Confinement
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Who better than a parent of an autistic individual would have been prepared for what has befallen the world in 2020? Trust me. I know how you feel. I know the panic. I know the overwhelm. I know the need for over preparation. I know that we need extra planning. We need to overthink. To … Continue reading Confinement

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Elul is back – Elul 1 : Decide
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The Jewish month of Elul is dedicated to cheshbon hanefesh, an accounting of our soul. As we prepare for the new season, new beginnings, it is a very healthy habit to increase our sense of awareness. The weeks leading up to Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, are a time of introspection. This is a … Continue reading Elul is back – Elul 1: Decide

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The Gift of #growth
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In 2000, I started a website to document the journey of my first-born who was born with #Autism.

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My Wishes to You for 2019
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May Two-Thousand-Nineteen bring you each day an opportunity to renew and actualize your potentials! May the sun shine as often as possible onto your dreams to give them light, warmth and energy! I wish you to always spend as much time as possible with your loved ones. Wishing you all happiness, health and balance in … Continue reading My Wishes to You for 2019

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This Christmas Eve
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Each end of the calendar year, I like to take stock of my professional activities. I like to start planning for the next year as well. Looking at this blog, I note how little I have published this past year. I have always loved #Blogging. To share with an audience of faithful … Continue reading This Christmas Eve

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What to say and what not to say about suicide?
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On the occasion of the tragic death of celebrities to suicide, I feel bombarded once again by a renewed interest from those who received the news with shock and dismay and struggle to understand the underlying cause of such horrible way to die.

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Johnny et l’irréalité, par Alain Garrigou (Les blogs du Diplo, 4 janvier 2018)
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La mort de Johnny Hallyday a déclenché une vague médiatique à la hauteur des événements les plus dramatiques. Le 6 décembre 2017, les commentaires en (...)

On this day, April 19, 1943
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In 1943 this day Waffen SS attacks Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto. My family lived in France and I learned the history of the Warsaw Ghetto first hand from survivors I met as an adult. None of them are alive anymore, but they passed their memories to me, and for me to remember what … Continue reading On this day, April 19, 1943

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Survival in A Tough Time
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Originally posted on Coffee Shop Rabbi: Image: Sonoma, CA, in better times. (jessebridgewater/pixabay) Hurricanes. Wildfires. A little over a week ago we said the Unetaneh Tokef prayer, “Who by water and who by fire,” expressing the fact that we simply do not know what the future will bring each person. And since then, we have…

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The Month of Gratitude
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November is #noticeandsharethegood Month! I have two sons. The older – is 22. The younger is 20. The older is severely autistic. He has no conversational language. At times he goes above his brother’s head with his own bent head, in a loving gesture of awe, in his own fashion to express tenderness. That the … Continue reading The Month of Gratitude

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Three Brothers
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Every year, on Veterans Day, I am reminded of the WWI fallen from my own family.

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Giving Thanks
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For our fragile planet earth, its times and tides, its sunsets and seasons, its vitality and vegetables; For the joy of human life, its wonders and surprises, its hopes and achievements; For human community, our common past and future hopes, our oneness transcending all separation, our capacity to work for peace and justice in the … Continue reading Giving Thanks

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