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We Are Orlando
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
On June 12, 2016, The Pulse, a Gay club in Orlando turned from a festive setting in which people were enjoying an evening of revelry, to a killing ground when Omar Mateen, a 29 year- old man used assault weapons against the patrons. 50 were murdered and numerous others were wounded. When tragedies like this one…
Foot Washing
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
Today is considered a holy day in the Christian faith. Occurring the Thursday prior to Easter, it commemorates the New Testament telling of the day that Jesus washed the feet of the disciples. According to Wikipedia: Maundy (from Latin mandatum or mendicare),[1] or Washing of the Feet, is a religious rite observed by several Christian denominations.…
Hugging It Out
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
An image that has gone viral is one of vivid beauty and penetrating humanity. A tearful African American child in the midst of a rally over the death of someone else’s son and a riot gear attired White police officer who takes this young man up on his offer for a hug, thus…
56 Blissings
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
Tomorrow is my 56th birthday. Never in a million years, would I have imagined a life as mine is now…and yet, I obviously co-created it with the Divine. S/he and I have all kinds of conversations thinking up sometimes absurd scenarios that look like widowhood at 40, losing a home to Hurricane Andrew, raising a…
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