Comfort and Inspiration with Author and Educator Mrs. Miriam Ribiat
I am independent. I am self-sufficient, self-supporting and self-reliant. I am always okay and do not need help. I can always manage on my own. No matter what the circumstance are, I will push through and manage the situation. I am good managing by myself. Yes, I have been through a lot. But there is no place in my life for your sympathy. Watching someone die might be [...]
My children all unanimously agree that Purim is the best Yom Tov. For months beforehand they talk about what they will dress up as and which friends will receive their mishloach manos. As we get closer and closer to Purim their excitement increases and escalates. So far there never has been a Purim when they were disappointed. The older ones need Purim shtick that will outdo last year’s. [...]
I recently read in a weekly publication about a retreat encampment named Mount Misery. In that area there is a Mount Misery Brook and a Mount Misery Road. The author of the article wrote how this road goes on and on and is rumored to never stop. When I read this, it struck me. It is so easy to get stuck on that road of misery. Like getting [...]
My four-year-old daughter loves to play house. Typical of a four-year-old girl, she usually wants to be the mommy. Often when she isn’t even playing she considers herself a mother to her dolls and stuffed animals. She leaves me with instructions for how to care for them while she is in school. So I wasn’t surprised when she started talking about becoming a mother for real, iy”H. One [...]
A year and a half ago I made a bar mitzvah. My son was the first grandchild on my side of the family. He was born a year and half after my brother passed away at the young age of fourteen. My son was named after my brother, and my parents felt a measure of comfort then. They were involved and loving grandparents. Although it was a long-distance [...]
As I sit down to write this I am hearing two voices in my head. One voice is saying this is something I really want to do. I know this type of thing is therapeutic for me. I always appreciate the comments I get when someone reads one of my articles. This will be so beneficial for my own healing. The other voice is asking me if I [...]
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