Three days after her passing, I began a spontaneous writing of letters to my mother that would last for several weeks. For the funeral I was put in charge of the music, and we were having difficulties about the music choices and who would perform which music for the funeral (it can get very taxing when [...]
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Excerpts from book “Do You Still Laugh? Do You Still Sing?”
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“It is 1999 and both of my parents have passed away. And there is nothing special about this.” In 1999, I wrote a book called “Do You Still Laugh? Do You Still Sing? Words and ways to ease your heart when a parent dies” It is a collection of letters that I wrote to my mother [...]
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