November 14, 2007
Healing the World
Every year, during the annual Yom Kippur remembrance service the congregation invites distinguished members of the community to talk about their departed loved ones. Mollie Pier was one of this year’s guests. She stood in front of the lectern facing congregation Temple Judea and said, “I remember my son, a New York physician, who was one of the first doctors to treat HIV/AIDS. Fifteen years ago he died of AIDS.” Mollie also recalled her devoted husband and loving parents.
And Mollie is distinguished. She’s also humble. She will tell you about the people that affected her life. Her parents who taught her how to give and her husband who showed her strength. She won’t tell you about the lives she affects and the community she helps daily. (more…)
This post was contributed
by Michael Thal.
Michael L. Thal is an accomplished freelance writer and author. He penned The Light: An Alien Abduction and The Legend of Koolura. His current novel, Between Two Worlds, will be published by Scobre Press fall 2007. He has written and published over fifty articles for magazines and newspapers. He won First Place in Writer’s Digest 73rd Annual Writing Competition, Inspirational, for his story, “The Lip Reader.” You can visit him at his website at http://www.authorsden.com/michaellthal. Michael lives in Sherman Oaks, CA. You can reach him at michaelthal@sbcglobal.net.
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