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Maggie, the Heartbeat of What It Means to Be Alive: Everyday Magic, Day 796
Although I didn’t know Maggie for decades or pal around big-time for her, whenever I saw her, we got right down to it: cancer (first...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 9, 20142 min read
The Blessing of Sig: Everyday Magic, Day 791
Sig, who also officiated over our son’s bris, wrote this welcome to our daughter a few days after her birth in April of 1992: The birth...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 19, 20142 min read
In Praise of Maxine Kumin: Everyday Magic, Day 785
How rare is this for a very famous poet with decades of achievements? More rare than Sam Brownback crushing on Hillary Clinton. But...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 7, 20142 min read
Goodbye, Dog of Love: Everyday Magic, Day 759
We found Mariah at the Humane Society when Daniel, his friend Katie, and I went in looking for a special canine pal for Daniel. Mariah...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 13, 20143 min read
The Dog Lives To See Another Day (or Week, or Month): Everyday Magic, Day 758
We’ve never had to put down an animal before. Past ones have vanished, been eaten by coyotes (that’s why we have indoor cats these days),...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 4, 20142 min read
Ponderer of Ponderances: Poem for Bill Remmers: Everyday Magic, Day 711
Reconteur of reconteurs, astronomer of the coffee grounds, wizard of the center table, potter to the stars, scientific boy genius in the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 29, 20131 min read
Unanswered Calls for Help and the Holocaust: Everyday Magic, Day 692.
Today I was honored to be the keynote speaker at the State of Kansas Holocaust Commemoration at the Kansas History Museum in Topeka, KS....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 8, 20138 min read
Missing Hadassah: Everyday Magic, Day 681
Two weeks ago, I got the call from Hadassah’s son: she only had a few hours left, and since she gave me her funeral wishes, could I send...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 28, 20134 min read
Nine Years After Dad Died: Everyday Magic, Day 485
Sitting in my friend’s living room this morning while her husband slept in a hospital bed beside us, we talked about the hospice services...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 18, 20122 min read
An Old Friend Back In My Life: Everyday Magic, Day 414
Gary Lying in the dark on sub-zero nights, Gary and I talked about our lives during this pivotal time: our senior year in college...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 20, 20113 min read
The Lost Friend: Everyday Magic, Day 257
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the lost friends — a few in my life, but an experience common in most of our lives: the friends who...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 4, 20112 min read
The Parallel Universe of Maura: Everyday Magic, Day 195
Sandy, Serina and I even talked about how this was a parallel universe, yet also the essence of reality and unreality. How could Maura be...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 30, 20111 min read
Missing Maura: Everyday Magic, Day 191
Born in Ireland about 78 years ago, when Maura called out your name — and she usually did it repeatedly with great wonder in her voice —...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 25, 20112 min read
Remembering Micah: Everyday Magic, Day 189
When the Unimaginable Happened It’s a year now since you slipped out of that failing young body, gone in the green flash between your...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 23, 20111 min read
When Life Puts Life In Perspective: Everyday Magic, Day 182
Just as we were leaving the house to dance our butts off and eat delectables at a Bar Mitzvah celebration, my little phone rang. I looked...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 16, 20112 min read
Not By Might and Not By Power: The Passing of Debbie Friedman and the Tucson Tragedy: Everyday Magic
All day, Friedman’s song “Not by Might and Not by Power” runs through my mind because of its simply chorus, carrying an old testament...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 9, 20111 min read
Remembering Ben, A Giant With a Giant Heart: Everyday Magic, Day 165
I met Ben in 1974 while working at my father’s stand, where I was ordered by my dad to stand on an old wooden table and yell out, “Two...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 30, 20103 min read
Remembering Mark, Rob and Others Gone: Everyday Magic, Day 158
Rob was a river rat, tree flying trimmer extraordinaire, coffee-drinking-from-a-mason-jar, dreamboat prairie man who dated some of my...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 23, 20101 min read
Hanging Out in the Big Parking Lot of Grief
In the month since my father-in-law died, I've revisited the giant parking lot of grief, the one where you can never remember where you...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 12, 20092 min read
In Praise of Gene
Today my father-in-law, Bill "Gene" Lassman, died at age 83 after many years of severe health issues and breaking his hip two days ago....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 10, 20093 min read
