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Why I Won’t Use the Phrase “There But For the Grace of God, Go I.”
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
This oft-spoken statement rippled through my mind yesterday as I was with people whose daughter/niece/granddaughter had died 11 years ago, at age five, of a brain tumor. Throughout the day, I also chanced to speak with others who had either lost loved ones, or they themselves had been diagnosed with cancer. I chatted with a mother whose…
P.S. I Love You Day
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
Numbers. People. Lives lost. Families and communities torn apart. What do these all have in common? Suicide. In 2017, 47, 173 Americans died by their own hand. 1,4000,000 attempts were made. For some, these are simply statistics. For others, painfully raw reality as they face the devastation of the loss of loved ones.…
Who Gives Anyone the Right To Speak For God?
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
This has been a question that has been knocking at the double door of my heart and mind for as long as I can remember. Growing up in the Jewish tradition, I was taught about a God of love and judgment. It puzzled me to think that (as is part of the High Holy Day…
Somebody Hold Me: The Single Person’s Guide To Nurturing Human Touch-Book Review
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
“Reach out and touch somebody’s hand. Make this world a better place if you can.”- Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson The lyrics to the song made famous by Diana Ross is an apt description of Epiphany Jordan’s new book entitled Somebody Hold Me: The Single Person’s Guide To Nurturing Human Touch. It is a warm and fuzzy,…
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