24……TwentyFOUR

“It is clear that much of humanity is suffering and that I am the cause of some of that suffering, what can I do to help relieve it instead?”  The sweet wrinkled face of the woman across from me smiled and quickly answered in Vietnamese “Become a nun.” The alarm went off very early theContinue reading “24……TwentyFOUR”

23 …… TwentyTHREE

Returning home from school one afternoon I informed my mother that I was, from that moment on, going to be Jewish. Careful thought was given to choosing a menorah and plans to start learning Hebrew; I was eleven.   My mother identified with my longing for spiritual community and decided to take the journey with me.  Continue reading “23 …… TwentyTHREE”