OH SHE IS MISSED BUT WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE HAD HER AS A MOTHER AND AS A FRIEND: Happy Mother’s Day, Helen Gandelman.
WOW: your kids, relatives and all who knew you were so lucky to have come in contact with you, with your pizzazz, wonderful humor and incredible caring spirit. And YES it is true: parents can achieve immortality when they’re really more enduring than life; you’ll always be with all of us and we are so fortunate to have had you as long as we did.
Do we have the makings to pass along to others on this earth the joy, wisdom and celebration of life that you passed on to all who met and knew you?
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.