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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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Letter to My Organ Donor's Family
By Melody Masha Pierson
Please believe me when I tell you that, to me, your daughter is an angel. She is on my shoulders; she is like a butterfly in my garden. She is the most beautiful person I have never known, and I carry her within me. Every day...
Women » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Life Lessons » Letter to My Organ Donor's Family
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Matters of Light and Depth
By Melody Masha Pierson
I bought the paints, the brushes, a book, some canvases, and the table easel, went home and cleared off the dining room table and set everything up. There it sat for about two weeks. I walked by it. I peered at it. I arranged it. I examined it...
Women » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Life Lessons » Matters of Light and Depth
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Remembering
By Melody Masha Pierson
I think there are certain times of the day, certain events you experience, that lead you back to a place in your memory where you realize just how deep, important and penetrating to the soul your experiences have been...
Women » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Life Lessons » Remembering
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Torah for Dummies
By Melody Masha Pierson
Some of my friends thought I was becoming "religious." That was a good one, considering I always thought an observant Jew was someone who noticed that the carpet needed a cleaning...
Women » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Stories of Return » Torah for Dummies
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What is a Miracle?
By Melody Masha Pierson
One month ago, I was literally running out of breath. The breath of life. My lungs were dying. And while my hope and belief in life were alive and well, the idea was to get my body to catch up with my faith. This required some work...
Women » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Dealing with Challenge » What is a Miracle?
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Learning the Language
By Melody Masha Pierson
From the outside, people think I am doing great. They compliment how patiently I am waiting for my double lung transplant and how well I am preparing for it. But truth be told, I am not really handling it so well...
Women » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Dealing with Challenge » Learning the Language
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Life, Death and In-Between
By Melody Masha Pierson
At every juncture, on every bridge, at every bend in the road, with every turn of the head, someone lives, someone dies, someone waits, someone cries...
Women » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Dealing with Challenge » Life, Death and In-Between
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A Call From Above
By Melody Masha Pierson
My number on the transplant list has jumped from seventh to fourth! The phone can ring at any time. The "call" can be in an hour, a day, a week or a month. I can't sleep. And I am not afraid...
Women » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Dealing with Challenge » A Call From Above
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Never Alone
By Melody Masha Pierson
I am one of the lucky ones. I may need a lung transplant and am entering a new decade, but I have friends in the here and in the now...
Women » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Dealing with Challenge » Never Alone
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Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match
By Melody Masha Pierson
When I found out I had been accepted into the Lung Transplant Program due to emphysema, one of the first things I did was re-write the lyrics to the song "Matchmaker"...
Women » Women's Health & Concerns » Genetics & Disease » Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match
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