This Grateful Heart

Foreword
Introduction and Acknowledgments
Days
Prayer on Waking 
Meditation for Today 
Modeh/Modah Ani 
Prayer of Joy 
Praise the New Day
Morning Blessings 
Meditation at Noon 
Your Name: Meditation at Dusk 
Evening Blessings 
Meditation at Night 
Prayer before Sleep 
Birdsong at Midnight 
An Amazing Life 
Seasons 
For Spring 
For Summer 
For Autumn 
For Winter 
For Rain 
Come, Rain 
Harvest Prayer 
Shabbat 
For the Arrival of Shabbat 
Come, Beloved 
Sowing Light 
Shabbat Settles on Jerusalem
Sephardi Quarter Note 
About Shabbat 
Shabbat Blessing for Children Who Have Left Home 
Blessing for a Spouse/Partner 
A Shabbat Blessing for Myself
Shabbat Is the Place 
Farewell, Beloved: A Havdalah Meditation 
Jewish Holy Days 
Rosh HaShanah 
For Creation 
Sweet Cake 
The Path of Righteousness 
God’s Plan: An Introspection 
The Season of Healing 
Yom Kippur 
Cry No More 
Who, Still Broken 
Repentance Inside 
Forgiveness Inside 
The Season of Return 
Sukkot 
Beauty Dances 
Rejoice! 
The Season of Building
Meditation before Taking Down a Sukkah 
Simchat Torah 
For the Gift of Torah Scholarship
For the Joy of Learning 
Chanukah
Lamps Within 
The Season of Dedication 
Passover 
Egypt Inside 
The Season of Freedom 
The Season of Counting 
Shavuot 
God’s Voice 
God on Tiptoes 
Other Special Days 
New Year’s Eve/Day
For the New Year
Another Year: An Introspection 
Martin Luther King Day 
Let Truth 
The Preacher Said
Labor Day 
Against Worker Exploitation
Gratitude for Work 
Thanksgiving
This Bounty 
Meditation at the Thanksgiving Table 
Giving Thanks 
Veterans Day
Veterans Day Prayer
To the Soldier, To the Veteran 
Memorial Day 
The Last Soldier
Yizkor for a Soldier
Turning Points
On Handing Down a Jewish Heirloom 
On Handing Down an Heirloom Tallit at a Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Meditation for a Child’s First Torah Reading 
My Child Leaves Home (A Parent’s Prayer) 
Bind Our Hearts—A Wedding Prayer 
Affirmation of Faith 
For Pregnancy 
For Fertility Treatment (Women)
For Fertility Treatment (Men) 
In Praise of Adoption
This Ring: An Ending 
End of Life 
End-of-Life Vidui 
Tender End-of-Life Vidui 110
Travel to an Unexpected Family Emergency 
Travel after an Unexpected Death
Angel of Rest 
Grief 
In Sorrow 
Season of Sorrow
Sorrow at a Time of Joy 
Upon Experiencing the Loss of a Pregnancy 
Loss of a Pregnancy, for a Partner
After His/Her Infidelity 
Hard Mournings 
For Those Who Die Young 
Birthday, No More 
After Shivah 
Passing of a Beloved Pet
Memorial Prayers 
After an Accidental Death: A Yizkor Prayer 
Memorial Prayer for a Child 
Yizkor after My Child’s Suicide
On Lighting a Yizkor or Yahrzeit Candle
First Yahrzeit
Second Yahrzeit