Paula Kaplan-Reiss

Paula Kaplan-Reiss (She/Her)is a member of Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple in New Brunswick, N.J. She is a psychologist and the author of The Year I Lost My Breasts… and Got Some New Ones, A Breast Cancer Blog.

Last Words and So Much Love: Saying Goodbye to My Mother

Paula Kaplan-Reiss

She had tended me during my bad feelings. I had held her hand during hers. Her gift of language comforted me until the very end, even without being able to hear her voice. And now, I am left with memories.