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Broken Plates
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
When I was a kid, there was an adage, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” It was a well meaning piece of guidance so that we could slough off harsh words, cast about by potential bullies. Not so, I have found, since words have the power to harm…
Rehearsal
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
How much of our lives are spent rehearsing for future events and experiences? I would venture to say, at least half of my waking hours and 99.9% of my sleeping hours are invested in planning, plotting and strategizing for a time that has not yet arrived. Sadly, sometimes it falls into the woe-some/worry category.…
Coming To Fruition
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
Recent Facebook posting: “Loving seeing pieces of my life flowing into place now on all fronts~ This past winter was one of letting go, letting go, letting go, sometime willingly, sometimes reluctantly-metaphorically kicking and screaming. Frozen feelings, needing to chip through the ice, other times, allowing it to melt. Now that spring is here, I…
Family Legacy
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
This weekend, I had the ultimate joy of officiating at the wedding of a young cousin as he married the love of his life whom he had met 9 years earlier in the New Jersey shore town of Wildwood. Introduced by a friend who has since passed into Spirit, they sensed that there was…
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