She will never pass into nothingness
*** I wanted to let this stand on its own so my commentary will follow soon. Sylvia may have gotten immortality as her yearbook picture caption but the girl below … Continue reading
What’s genetics got to do with it?
Motherhood is, in the end, one of the most tangible ways to leave your mark on the world. Your children represent parts of you regardless of whether they carry on … Continue reading
Mommy says we have to be practical not beautiful.
Sometimes Sylvia wrote to Alex as a wife and sometimes she wrote as a mother. This is a letter from 1945 that Sylvia wrote out in the voice of Adrienne … Continue reading
Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day! I really mean that. I like to think that I refrain from giving in to commercially based holidays but once they arrive I can’t help but get swept up in … Continue reading
A tremendous weakness for the pen
Let’s back up a few years. Alex and Sylvia were married in late 1941. Alex was a union organizer for the New York City sanitation workers and for the Russian … Continue reading
Is the boy dead yet?
In the last post you read a note from Sylvia to Alex. So now let’s meet Alex. Born in Fiume in 1912, he was the youngest of 4 – Anna, … Continue reading
Let’s talk about talking…
In the previous post Sylvia wrote in her note that she would call the doctor for the drug store. The note itself was replacing what would today be a telephone call. Before World War II most Americans did not have a private telephone lines. Instead, party lines connected a number of residents to one service.
Birth
Dearest – I love you… And if you love me- Come to the hospital In a 1-2-3! ______________ Gone to Beth Israel – Be calm, daddy. – (I am not!) … Continue reading
