Edith Brown

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Edith Brown, a native of Washington DC, currently lives in Maryland where she volunteers for the American Cancer Society. She also started a Parkinson Support Group which she ran for five years. Edith has won various awards for the excellent care she provided her mother.

Choosing Shabbat
By Edith Brown
I had just come home from having a painful medical procedure when the phone rang. To my astonishment, it was a woman from a local radio station telling me I just won tickets...
Women » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Stories of Return » Choosing Shabbat

Breaking the Silence
Confronting One's Childhood Abuse as an Adult
By Edith Brown
Something has tormented my soul for many a year. I tried to live by the adage that what happens in the family stays in the family...
Women » Women's Health & Concerns » Abuse » Breaking the Silence

The Spot
My Breast Cancer Scare
By Edith Brown
I am a woman. I am a proud Jewish woman. In every group of people there seems to be a genetic disposition to be the carrier of some gene or another that can be fatal. Breast cancer chose to make the Jewish woman its popular choice. But don't get me ...
Women » Readers Write » Writing » Our Lives » The Spot

Turning Fifty
Hitting Middle Age
By Edith Brown
But nothing could stop my body from progressing on its natural path of womanhood – nothing. After crying for two days straight, I realized I was in perimenopause...
Women » Readers Write » Writing » Reflections » Turning Fifty

My Birthday Gift
By Edith Brown
I'm onto a new perspective. What is life without a few wrinkles? And I need to stop listening to those commercials about washing that gray away...
Women » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Life Lessons » My Birthday Gift

The Yes Syndrome
By Edith Brown
I was always so busy saying "yes" that I forgot to ever ask myself if I wanted to be the chair of a committee, if I had the time to become a "taxi" service, if I was able to volunteer for another fundraiser...
Women » Readers Write » Writing » Reflections » The Yes Syndrome

Forgiving Ourselves
By Edith Brown
I wanted to be free of the thoughts that kept me in bondage, but I didn't know how to let go. I couldn't talk about it. I was so ashamed...it was my fault Mama passed...
Women » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Dealing with Challenge » Forgiving Ourselves

My Mother, My Child
By Edith Brown
I am a mother. I'm just a different kind of mother. I did not give birth to my child. She was not young in age, but was nevertheless someone who needed to be mothered...
Women » Motherhood & Childrearing » Our Mothers » My Mother, My Child

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