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Authors » P » Melody Masha Pierson
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 Melody Masha Pierson is a 51-year-old Jewish woman in Montreal, and member of the Chabad Montreal Torah Centre. She is the happy and grateful recipient of a new pair of lungs following a recent double lung transplant. It was her writing and Torah learning that provided her with the strength and faith to stay positive and productive through her challenging time. |
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Purpose
My Birthday Gift
By Melody Masha Pierson
I had walked in feeling like a failure and left feeling like I had purpose. Purpose. Without that, one can not survive...
Women » Readers Write » Writing » Our Lives » Purpose
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A Night With My Mother
Six Years After Her Death
By Melody Masha Pierson
Sitting next to my mother, I realized that no matter how long your life is, it's never long enough to learn all that you need to know...
Women » Motherhood & Childrearing » Our Mothers » A Night With My Mother
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A Part of, Apart From
When Our Children Are Grown
By Melody Masha Pierson
Some things never change. The four seasons. The four directions. The hands on the clock. The rising of the sun and the moonlight in the trees. Mothers are here forever. Their children will always be their children...
Women » Motherhood & Childrearing » Joys and Challenges » A Part of, Apart From
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Susie Solomon
By Melody Masha Pierson
Susie Solomon. A nice Jewish girl, like me? Who loves horses? What were the odds back in the day? Some people thought her a dreamer, not very practical and maybe a little crazy. Well, we know that "a little crazy" can be a very good thing, at times...
Women » Women's Narrative » Jewish Women You Should Know » Susie Solomon
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Day In, Day Out
By Melody Masha Pierson
Like the multiplication tables we memorized, just like the laundry we never seem to stop doing, just like the seemingly unimportant passages in our daily prayers from the siddur, they are our reminders that nothing, zero, nada, gornisht, is for nothing...
Women » Women's Narrative » Editorial & Commentary » Day In, Day Out
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A Yom Kippur Reflection
By Melody Masha Pierson
How was I going to stop doing these things when at this very moment of remorse, I was also filled with anger, toward myself and towards others who had harmed me?
Women » Readers Write » Writing » Reflections » A Yom Kippur Reflection
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Be Where You Are
By Melody Masha Pierson
"What am I supposed to be doing with my days? I cannot go to shul. I cannot come to class. Shopping and other activities are difficult. OK, the hairdresser is a necessity." I surely was not going to spend them just thinking about all the things I would ...
Women » Readers Write » Writing » Our Lives » Be Where You Are
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