My Wish

My wish is that my writing about my mother’s aging and death help others as they pass through this human stage of life. It is hard to have a parent die. Maybe my experiences, chronicled here will be a helpful guide and comfort to others as they face this loss and also become the elder generation in the continuing cycle of life!

 

Inside the book:

How I dealt with death of a parent. Ways to cope with the death of a loved one.

Emotional and spiritual growth.

Resources: friends, spiritual help (specifically mine was shamanic), humor, witnesses,

 

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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