Growing up with Mark
As I was growing up I couldn't remember when Mark wasn't a part of my life. We were in…
T'shuvah is the Hebrew word, for lack of a better term, meaning return. The Jewish writer Erich Fromm, who was also a practicing psychoanalyst, uses the word t'shuvah in his book, "The Heart of man, it's genius for good and evil." T'shuvah is return to yourself, return to the right way, and ultimately return to God.
Bobby and I were friends for as long as I can remember. We not only had a bond of close friendship, but we respected one another. Bobby had a terrific hands on knowledge of many things that eluded me, and I was the thinker. It was a great combination!
Some years went by and we lost touch with each other. I found out when we made contact again, that he'd fallen in love with a young woman that he was "gah, gah" about!
Rachmonis (the Yiddish word for mercy and pity)
I remember coming home from school many times and being very angry. Good thing my favorite person, Bubbe, was there to greet me. She always had a way to soothe my feelings. She said to me in Yiddish, “When you calm down, we’ll talk.” After I finally did calm down we talked.