Themes of the book:
Set in Israel in the late nineties,
Dealing with My Mom’s Aging, Dying, and Death
My personal growth
- Starting to create family relationships by learning from my stepfather who I feel is blocking them.
- How my stepfather taught me by example to enter a room and greet people
- Cultivating family as a way of coping with aging parents
- Using witnesses to my writing of the events as a way for me to cope: feeling heard
- Using shamanic rituals and experiences as a way to cope with difficult aging and death.
- Thought provoking about choices in our lives as we age.
- Letting go of my agenda for my Mom’s dying process
- Growing compassion
My stepfamily’s dealing with previous death
Picture of Israel – a Westernized Middle Eastern country
- Includes description of parts of Israel, along with current Israeli Jewish customs, all of which influenced my mother and me as well.
- Vignettes of their friends enlarge the picture and sometimes add a comic relief quality.
Shamanism and its use in helping me deal with this part of my life