Love

Poetry by Annette Robinson - my mother-in-law

Stories by Barbara Browne - my mom

Stories by John Browne - my dad

I adore my husband and kids, and all of my family.

I love my friends.

I love to dance.

I love to teach.

I love cats.

I love the beach and swimming out past the waves.

I like playing cards, especially Rummy 500 and Casino and Solitaire.

I like riding on the tandem bike with my hubby.

Chapters from Don't Sweat the Small Stuff -- and it's all small stuff

Written by Edmond Fleg, in 1927, while in Paris:

I am a Jew because the faith of Israel requires of me no abdication of the mind.

I am a Jew because the faith of Israel requires all the devotion of my heart.

I am a Jew because in every place where suffering weeps, the Jew weeps.

I am a Jew because at every time when despair cries out, the Jew hopes.

I am a Jew because the word of the people Israel is the oldest and the newest.

I am a Jew because the promise of Israel is the universal promise.

I am a Jew because, for Israel, the world is not completed; we are completing it.

I am a Jew because, for Israel, humanity is not created, we are creating it.

I am a Jew because Israel places humanity and its unity above the nations and above Israel itself. I am a Jew because, above humanity, image of the divine Unity, Israel places the unity which is divine.

I love that my parents and mother-in-law have stories/poems they wrote: