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Currently a free-lance writer and editor,Belinda Brock's background is in teaching and educational publishing.She authored the award-winningGG and Mamela,the first children's book to address family illness and hospice care.Her work has been featured onMidlife Boulevard,BA50,In the Powder Roomand in several anthologies.She is a contributor toThe Best Advice in Six Words,which is the exact amount of advice her now adult children are willing to consider from her.

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When You & Your Partner Don't Agree on Burial Plans

Belinda Brock

There are two kinds of people… at least where death is concerned: those who like to talk about it,and those who don't.My husband is reluctant to speak about it.He is the fun one,after all.… And death,while possibly funny,is,I think we all can agree,not fun.Whenever you pass away,practical matters remain for your family to sort out;however,certain choices and actions can be taken ahead of time,lightening the burden for your children.For me,that would mean that all arrangements would be made…>> Read More

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The Yiddish Words I Missed After My Mother Died

Belinda Brock

Several years after my mother died,I had a startling—yet so obvious—realization.Never again would I hear anyone murmur those sweet endearments that she reserved for me.And there were many,all… in Yiddish: *Bossinca,Bossa Golda,mamala minus,mamashana,neshumela,mein kind.Curious that she chose Yiddish,as Hebrew was her mother tongue and English,her hard-won second language.But Yiddish formed the blocks of the secret language of mother and daughter in our home.The more I thought about this loss,the worse it made…>> Read More

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