Today in honour of International Women’s Day, let me take a few minutes to tell you some stuff you may or may not know about my Ma. One of the ongoing jokes we have is that she frequently asks me to write her eulogy now so she can read it before she dies. That’s...
Twenty-nine years ago today we lost our brother to his mental illness. I think of him often. For many reasons. When my demons are particularly ornery, we review all the ways I disappointed him and did him wrong and how if I had been a bit stronger I may have been able...
December 15, 1944 - February 4, 2022 The shiva for Dad ended a week ago, and I elected to spend some time alone up north at our cottage. I was going to need to be at Dad’s bank in Huntsville as well as his main floor apartment at my brother’s place about 45...
I always felt like a bit of an imposter – that people’s expectations of me were far higher than I could ever achieve. But recent events have since brought me to the realization that I have left a positive mark on this earth – no matter how small – and that focusing on those things will lead me to a fulfilled future. So I am taking it seriously.
One man can make all the difference, but it can’t save him.
When I turned 36 in 2003, I wrote this brief blog on my family website rismania.com: “I’m so bald. And fat. I shouldn’t have skipped so many classes in high school. I shouldn’t have listened to my friend Corey when he dared me to jump in that river when I was 18 – my...
Just found out about this darling nugget of joy - yet another incident of targeted hatred of Jews – this time, in Burlington, Ontario. That happened about 15 minutes after my Facebook feed produced this video on how Holocaust denial is still a thing. STILL A THING. Of...
I have never, not in nearly 50 years, been so genuinely appreciative and proud to be living in my country of diversity and inclusiveness. My gay friendly, socially conscious, universal medical care giving, beautiful country. Whatever faults we have, we still are these...
Back in 1996 when my brother Carey died, dozens of his fellow med students at The University of Toronto, as well as countless friends from all through his short life, showed up at the funeral and shiva to honour his existence on this planet. That is far more than...
