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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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A Perfect Stranger  My Organ Donor  Story
By Melody Masha Pierson
I’ve been thinking a lot about my anonymous donor lately because I fortunately just celebrated the two-year anniversary of my double-lung transplant. I find that I am now even more grateful to her, and curious about her...
The Jewish Woman » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Dealing with Challenge
Letter to My Organ Donor's Family    Story
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...
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Matters of Light and Depth    Story
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...
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Remembering    Story
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...
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Torah for Dummies    Story
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...
The Jewish Woman » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Stories of Return
My Miraculous Lung Transplant    Story
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...
The Jewish Woman » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Dealing with Challenge
Learning the Language    Story
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...
The Jewish Woman » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Dealing with Challenge
Life, Death and In-Between    Story
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...
The Jewish Woman » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Dealing with Challenge
A Call From Above    Story
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...
The Jewish Woman » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Dealing with Challenge
Never Alone    Story
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...
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