Kadash
by shalimar
Yit’gadal: I am standing saying the prayer, Kadash because they died. Earlier this month I did it in honor of Becky. As a person she was a light as bright as a supernova. She was one of the main reasons there is an Evil Witch Family. In the family she was my niece, the daughter of Jenna Hitch, and the sister of Cathleen. Although she was physically a lot older, to us she was eight. And like most eight-year-olds she sparkled with her exuberance. But like a supernova she burnt out quickly, succumbing to cancer six years ago.
Yit’gadash: Two weeks ago it was Mother’s Day. As the Evil Witch I was blessed by G_d to have many daughters, Maggie, Baruchah, Ally, Michelle, Amelia, Amanda, Rachel, Steffie, and, fortunately, including being a grandmother, many others. However, last Transgender Day of Remembrance (2008) I read a name. One of my babies. She had been murdered on the previous Transgender Day of Remembrance. The man who probably strangled her claimed it was an accident. He said her scarf got caught. He got away with it.
Sh’may ramah: Why am I standing? For Kimmy Elizabeth, one of my sisters and the mother of Piper. She died just hours after the end of Shavoot, the Festival of Weeks. She needed a heart transplant. If only someone had signed a donor card.
…B’alma dey v’ra: She also didn’t lead a happy life. Most of us that are transsexual are like that. Some of us, like her and me, can rise up above the pain and sorrow of being in the wrong sex. Some of us can’t. So we end up in psychiatric institutions or as suicides.
Kir’ootay: I am also standing for Darla Raspberry who died within hours of Kimmy. She needed a liver transplant. Is there any wonder that I am adamant about making sure that donor card is completed?
Y’hay sh’may raba: I am grateful to G_d for knowing them. Although it was too brief they loved me and allowed me to love them.
And let us say, amen.
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Amein.
RAMI
Mourners and Congregation:)
Amein. Y'hei sh'mei raba m'varakh l'alam ul'al'mei al'maya
(Amen. May His great Name be blessed forever and ever.)
Rami
RAMI
Amen
I know the Laws of Nature are you, Lady.
Keep me mindful that I step upon Your Body,
with your feet,
that my sorrows are Your sorrows,
and that a healthy priest makes all things sound.
I feel Your breath in the wind, and Your hand in mine.
Keep me sincere.
Give me Your work,
which is to be joyous,
and to tend all things, because all things live, of themselves,
and with Your spirit.
Your will through mine, so mote it be.
Kate
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Kate
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Strange you should post this today
I say strange because today is my mother's Yahrzeit (she died eight years ago).
We had a troubled relationship and around this anniversary I sometimes wonder why I light a candle for her, given my very mixed feelings... Still, she was my mother and I did love her. I owe her a debt, if for nothing else, for teaching me about the importance of community and the obligation to support those in need.
So, I add to the refrain and say Amein - in her memory, but also for those others who should also be remembered.
Amen.
Thank you.
There Is One, Very Special Girl Who Touched My Heart
She is Melissa Dawne Northe, Prairie_Girl64. She wrote the story Tragedy Of The Spirit. In the End, I along with Melanie Dixon have succeeded in posting her last entries. I hope and pry that other girls here are more fortunate.
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