Meditation

The Rebbetzin did a powerful guided meditation about standing at the bottom of a mountain and looking to your left and right and seeing not only your ancestors at Mt. Sinai but also the millions of their descendants right up to Anne Frank and Jerry Seinfield and your own grandmother. Millions of people throughout all of time, all there together.

I found this image deeply moving and powerful beyond belief.  In this incredibly disturbing time of Coronavirus and our cities being destroyed by protestors/thugs, I yearn for better days ahead.  A little guided meditation helps...

Tonya

Lots of people on Twitter and Facebook are asking "do you even KNOW anyone who has Covid-19?" 

Well up until yesterday I didn't and I still don't, really.  But yesterday I learned that this young woman, the daughter-in-law of someone we used to attend a former Temple with, passed away from the coronavirus.

Curiosity (morbid?) had me check her out on Facebook.  She was only 42 and was a Nurses' Assistant or perhaps a LPN.  She wanted to work with the elderly and had just got a new nursing job a few months ago.  She had only been married a few years and called her husband her "best friend". Her last post was only 3 weeks ago and she sounded happy.

I had *almost* convinced myself the virus was in the past, not so bad, maybe overblown.

Today, not so much.

Black Tops

 

My motto: One can never have too many black tops.  

I picked up two this week and am always on the look out for more.  They make dressing relatively easy and work well with jeans, leggings or skirts.  They make you look a little thinner or at least not conspiciously bigger. You can spend a little on them and still look well-off.  Best of all, they hide dirt and most stains.

I am a practical gal.  

GMorning, GNight

The sub title of this little book is "little pep talks for me and you".   I like that - the author says he's writing these "little pep talks" mostly for himself.

I'm in the mood to give myself little pep talks.  Can you blame me?  The world has been basically shut down for 2+ months and life is far from normal.  Social interaction has ground to a halt - no Temple services (except online), no Mah Jongg (I am sure I have forgotten how to play), no dinners out with friends, and a general feeling of "what can I do today?".

Here's a  good one from the book:

The world changes.
The ground shifts.
We still make plans.
We still find gifts.
GMorning.