Message from the author: Dear fellow sisters and brothers, I wrote the following poem to validate my shame and pain. And then I thought to share it with anyone else who can relate. Maybe you are a holy jew with mental illness, or maybe you have a spouse, sister, brother, son or daughter with a Read More …
Author: Sera
Author’s Note: Do you struggle with taking your meds? I did too: I hope this will help you come to embrace your pills as much as I eventually did. As I gingerly approached the medicine bottle and unscrew the cap to pop yet another pill into my bloodstream, a thunderbolt hits me. While G-d is Read More …
I’ve had my share of both physical and mental anguish. Well, I’ve never had a physical, diagnosed illness, but I’ve had plenty of physical pain to know what It must feel like. Given a choice, I would choose to feel plainly physically ill. A relative was recently diagnosed with third-stage cancer and last week she Read More …