{"id":5313,"date":"2020-02-12T11:14:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T16:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/?p=5313"},"modified":"2020-02-12T11:23:54","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T16:23:54","slug":"an-angel-departs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/an-angel-departs\/","title":{"rendered":"An Angel Departs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"candle<\/a>We all have learned the words way back in primary grades. We heard the stories.\u00a0 We know it\u2019s true. We know whatever Hashem does is for our good. But do we really know it? Inside, where it counts? Miriam A\u2019H really did. Miriam fought the battle with cancer for five years. During that time she developed unbearable sores in her mouth. \u00a0She called them diamonds. \u201cImagine having diamonds in your mouth. They\u2019re sharp. They hurt. But how precious they are!\u201d<\/p>\n

If a miracle is defined as something above nature, Miriam was a walking miracle. Her difficulties began at age 25 after the birth of her third child when she received the news. Her response? \u201cIf Hashem wants me to live, I\u2019ll live.\u201d All of life is His will.\u201d The disease spread. The pain was beyond endurance yet Miriam did endure it, strengthened by her deep understanding:\u00a0 \u201cThe pain is a gift to cleanse me of my sins.\u201d<\/p>\n

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An Ezer Mizion ambulance driving the elderly and disabled to therapy and treatments with professionalism, with love , with respect<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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An Ezer Mizion volunteer delivering hot, nutritious meals, each one spiced with a smile that says, “We care!”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ezer Mizion was privileged to provide assistance to this incredible young woman. Her family vied to stay with her during her hospital stays and it was Ezer Mizion\u2019s Transportation Division that drove family members to and from the hospital. The Food Division provided hot, nutritious meals for those staying with her to enable them to give their all to someone they loved with all their heart.\u00a0 Very gently, oh so respectfully, as befits this angelic human being, its Ambulance Division transported Miriam herself for treatments. Ezer Mizion\u2019s Guest Home for the Family, where fun and smiles abound at every corner, provided Story Hour, crafts, music, even a petting zoo, all run by trained therapists, enabling the family to eliminate travel for treatments and garner much emotional support.\u00a0 Help with the children, help with the housework, trips, retreats and fun days to give strength to a young family whose lives had been turned upside down \u2026all these were part of the package offered\u00a0 to help them win the battle against that monster named Cancer that had entered their home.<\/p>\n

But we lost.<\/p>\n

Three days before her passing, she was discussing Hashem\u2019s ways with a close friend. Her friend said that here in this world, it often appears to us that something is bad, is painful\u2026 like stitches that must be done so that we may heal. Miriam, felt otherwise. \u201cNo, it\u2019s not like stitches. It\u2019s like a whipped cream cake. A delicious cake delivered by a loving Father.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next night, she read her precious children a story, said Shma (bedtime prayer) with them and tucked them in for the last time. Her condition deteriorated after that and the doctor recommended sedation. \u201cHow long will the sedation last,\u201d she asked. \u201cMaybe forever,\u201d she was told. In complete control, she asked forgiveness of her father over the phone since he, a Kohen, was unable to be with her in the hospital.\u00a0\u00a0 She wrote letters to her children, asking her daughter to always dress in a modest manner, her sons to continue to learn Torah with all their heart and to always know that she loves them and\u00a0 is watching over them all. She wrote a list of items she had borrowed that had to be returned to neighbors and then, like a daughter whose job was done, she said Shma and vidui (confession), asked her husband to be sure she is covered properly after she falls asleep and to sing together with her \u2018V\u2019ani b\u2019chasdecha batachti, <\/em>\u2026\u2019 (a song of\u00a0 belief in Hashem)<\/p>\n

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