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Flower Child
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
This past weekend, I took a time travel trip back 36 years to 1979. It was a period of my life that will be embedded in my cells forever. Not only was it when I began cutting my teeth on counseling skills, but it was also when I entered into life long friendships with some…
Life is What Happens To You While You’re Busy Making Other Plans
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
On December 8th, 1980, I was working the overnight shift at a crisis intervention/youth shelter at Glassboro State College called Together, Inc. with my friend Joe Arnauskas. My sister called and said, “Quick, turn on the television! John Lennon was just shot.” My reaction was denial that it was like the “Paul is dead,”…
When Lives Touch
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
I have been pensive lately for many reasons. The first is that I am still in relatively new life renewal mode. Two months ago, I was lying in a hospital bed with all manner of accutrement attached to my arms; beeping and chirping away. A pin hole was poked into my right wrist, allowing for…
Would You Change?
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
“If you knew that you would die today. If you saw the face of God and love, would you change? How bad, how good does it need to get?”-Tracy Chapman Every time I hear these lyrics, I am abundantly reminded that life is fleeting, people are precious and we never know what will occur on…
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