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How Misfortune Saved My Life

I was groomed at an early age to see any kind of human hurt (mental, physical, emotional) as a sign of weakness, unless of course it was my former mother who was having one of her many “munchhausen” episodes, expecting our full sympathetic attention.  I was taught at a young age to shake things off,Continue reading “How Misfortune Saved My Life”

The Invisible Grief & Loss Of Adoption

I never once was taught from the early age of my adoption how to mourn & grieve my first initial loss that ended up effecting my entire life. I think because we are babies, the world around us was incapable of understanding the dynamics of this replacement mother/baby switch, believing we as children didn’t have anything to grieve.  Adoptees are looked upon as a blessing in someones else’s life, while our own personal trauma from it goes unnoticed, ignored or dismissed, acting as if this loss never happened to us.

I happened to have a birthday the other day, being the face of the ripe age of 47 PROUDLY

some times you are unable to make sense of things that happen in your life and why, spending so much time and energy in a negative contemplation..eventually like always, when the dust begins to settle, you will have the opportunity to see the situation in a much clearer different light offering you clarity and resolution if your able toContinue reading “I happened to have a birthday the other day, being the face of the ripe age of 47 PROUDLY”

every time I travel back to Israel, it allows me to rediscover the deep rooted love I have for this land in my every changing and growing spirit

life is funny some times, well most of the time if you have a grand sense of humor..it allows you to see things though a spectrum of joy instead of a negative stream of dull blinding light that only shows you the shadows of the situation instead of the whole grand vitality of your landscape.. life is everContinue reading “every time I travel back to Israel, it allows me to rediscover the deep rooted love I have for this land in my every changing and growing spirit”