Letter to Cecilia

August 19, 2020.Reading time 17 minutes.

Dear Cecilia, I will start off by saying that compared to the other letters I’ve written, this letter has been the hardest so far. I’ve started a couple of times but then stopped to post other things, which is something I normally don’t do. I may even end up drastically editing the post after I’ve […]

Letter to Serafina

July 19, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

Dear Serafina, When I found out that your picture, this picture, existed, I felt several emotions raging through my body. Surprise, because who would have known that after all this digging around for clues, that there still would be actual imagery of you. Excitement, because I would finally be able to attach a face to […]

Letter to Edmund

March 24, 2017.Reading time 17 minutes.

Hi grandpa, how are you? I hope you are well and doing better than you did here in this earthly life.

Bittersweet

July 12, 2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

I traced part of my family history back to 1490. It was really simply. I just googled the Sephardic name,

Letter to Nelly

August 25, 2015.Reading time 17 minutes.

Dear Nelly, We’ve never met, but I’ve heard nothing but good about you. From your brother telling us, full of pride, how you had your

Letter to Sophie

July 2, 2014.Reading time 11 minutes.

The earliest memory that I have of you, Sophie Carolina, was when I was about four years old. You know that when you’re little, everything around you seems larger than it actually is?

Where is my heart?

February 8, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

Lately I’ve been stuck in a rut. I’m not happy at where I am in life right now. I feel lost, I feel hopeless, I feel like I have lost all control, I feel like I have no motivation whatsoever to change my situation. I know what I need to do to change my situation, […]