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Getting Older/Good Stories/prayers

Seeing My Old Friend Carol

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Esther Cohen / 2 Comments

after 30 years we met for dinner in Sarasota said what we could she took care of Stan dementia for ten years he was always Stan she said died in October now her...

About Me/dreaming/family/Jews/Life and Death/prayers

What I Was Going to Say About Evan

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Esther Cohen / 5 Comments

  He died a year ago. My first friend. His birthday was in July same day as my Aunt Blanche he never remembered mine exactly so we would both celebrate his...

Poetry

Seventh Grade

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Esther Cohen / 5 Comments

In seventh grade I had a friend one year older her mother a grammar school teacher Somewhere Else father a difficult man he worked in their basement what did he...

family/Life and Death/Poetry

My Friend Sheila

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Esther Cohen / 1 Comment

My friend Sheila we were strangers she walked in with her scones beige Irish linen invited us all to dinner her life was big and small dinner and dinner so many...

Life and Death

What Can You Say About a Friend

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Esther Cohen / 3 Comments

  What can you say about a friend you loved as complicated as anyone can be? He knew how to tap dance, wanted to be a potter or a painter. We would talk al...

Getting Older/Life and Death

When a Friend Dies

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Esther Cohen / 3 Comments

you lost him but not his stories. Evan a few weeks ago one of our long long lunches at Eli Zabars he liked it there I did not  but he was in the middle of treat...

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