http://www.chabad.org/search/keyword.asp?kid=10525 Newest articles written by Melody Masha Pierson Copyright 2005, Chabad.org - Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center, all rights reserved. http://www.chabad.org/media/images/50/CtRx507451.gif 130 52 http://www.chabad.org Tue, 19 May 2009 12:00:00 EST Tue, 19 May 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=891886 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=891886 I had walked in feeling like a failure and left feeling like I had purpose. Purpose. Without that, one can not survive... Tue, 19 May 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=765857 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=765857 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... Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=754848 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=754848 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... Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=724153 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=724153 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... Fri, 5 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=693229 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=693229 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... Fri, 4 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=685637 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=685637 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... Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=681915 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=681915 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... Fri, 30 May 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=667134 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=667134 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... Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=618242 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=618242 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... Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=602098 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=602098 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... Sat, 1 Dec 2007 12:00:00 EST