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Dear Grandma (or Grandpa), Tell Me About Your Life
Uncategorized Randye Kaye Uncategorized Randye Kaye

Dear Grandma (or Grandpa), Tell Me About Your Life

You were born in Ukraine, the third of eight children. Married at 19.

You gave birth to your first child in the middle of unrest and violence: pogroms and attacks against your “Hebrew” (according to ship manifest info) people.

Your husband Harry became a refugee to America when your son, Morris. was just a toddler. That was the plan, as only one of you could afford to escape at a time,

What did you witness and experience while you waited to escape too?

How did you do it?

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Unmoored: What To Do if Life Goes Adrift
Happiness, possibility, Uncategorized Randye Kaye Happiness, possibility, Uncategorized Randye Kaye

Unmoored: What To Do if Life Goes Adrift

I'm not a huge interpreter of dreams, but last night's was a doozy. My home was about to fall into a sinkhole. ( What ?!?! )

So I had to climb onto the roof, leaving behind all I had worked so hard to create. Carefully chosen wallpaper, brownies baking in the oven - all abandoned; I climbed up, nearer to the sky (with a friend, identity unknown) as the house drifted into the water (I guess I had scored a waterfront property in this dream, wahoo) - destination entirely unknown. No map. Just safety from disaster, and no choice but to trust that we would land somewhere. Somehow. And eventually we did land - on an island where my family was among others waiting to share this new experience.

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