From Caregiver to Care-partner

From Caregiver to Care-partner

One Sunday afternoon, I was speaking with a good friend on Zoom and we shared screens to look at my website. Something was there, but it was not my beautiful web site. It was unreadable, and the pages didn’t work, and my heart sank. When it happened, because I...
OPPORTUNITY IN CRISITUNITY: FIND YOUR LANE AND DO WHAT YOU CAN DO

OPPORTUNITY IN CRISITUNITY: FIND YOUR LANE AND DO WHAT YOU CAN DO

Yumi and I are sitting in front of our building. It is Day 12 of the Resistance. We are watching in amazement as hundreds of people are marching together. They are young and old. They are black, white, brown, yellow. They wear masks and carry signs. “No Justice....
The Man With a Heart

The Man With a Heart

In our life together, there have been many challenging times. One of the most difficult for me occurred when Yumi and I faced together the adventure of Yumi’s heart attack and quadruple bypass operation.  Each time destiny gave us a life and death challenge, we have...
Is Marriage a Noun or a Verb?

Is Marriage a Noun or a Verb?

On April 13, 1965, Yumi and I got married. In this picture, we are on our way to our honeymoon in Hong Kong. We are now in our 55th year of marriage, and what have we learned? One core learning for us has been that in April 1965 we were not the “perfect couple” coming...
Coping Versus Living

Coping Versus Living

I learned the distinction between Coping and Living from my mother Miri Muszkal (may her memory be a blessing). Someone in our weekly Club Memory poetry group (now done on the phone) said to me: “Hedy, you are so positive.” And I said: “I am thanking my mother for it....
So That Our Souls can Catch Up With Us!

So That Our Souls can Catch Up With Us!

In this significant time of not-knowingness, I wanted to post some thoughts and resources that have made a nourishing difference for me, in the hopes that they in turn might be helpful and nourishing for you. A Story Can we take this time to rest, so that our souls...