by Sarah Zadok | Oct 2, 2015 | Grief & Loss, Rebuilding
Loss is a heavy anchor. It pulls hard. It pulls fast. Drops its full weight without knocking first. No foreplay… It just freekin’ lands. Some folks believe that time changes it. I don’t think that’s true… I think that time changes us. Not...
by Sarah Zadok | Sep 28, 2014 | Grief & Loss, Personal Narrative, Relationships
I learned early on that prayer is primarily about communication. l learned this first from watching Harold and Maude, then years later in a Torah class. For the most part, my M.O. as far as prayer is concerned has been to simply talk to G-d, kind of like I would to a...
by Sarah Zadok | Jun 30, 2014 | Grief & Loss, Personal Development
Dear, dear friends and family – There are things about loss and grief that cannot be rushed. Try as I have to step away from time, she has an uncanny knack for finding me with a stop watch around her neck and a water bottle in her hands, urging me into sweat pants and...
by admin | May 25, 2014 | Grief & Loss, Personal Narrative
I’m a doer by nature. I make bread and cake and babies. I work, I clean things, I push hard. I often see myself on a journey for the dimmer switch in my life, trying to find the balance between the side of me that approaches life with the energy and productivity of a...
by admin | Feb 21, 2014 | Grief & Loss, Relationships, The Mother-load
Yesterday, an eleventh-grade boy from the high school next door to my kids’ elementary school took his own life in his dorm room. The word “tragic” doesn’t even touch this situation. As a mother, I see myself as a gatekeeper of my children’s innocence. I do my best to...