Themes of the book

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

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