Stefanie Levine Cohen studies and writes about birth, death, afterlife and the human condition. Her stories explore moments of transition in characters’ lives and focus particularly on the intersection between the psychological and the spiritual. How does a person reconcile the need to understand his or her place in the universe with the tug of that person’s emotional truth? Stefanie teaches memoir and fiction writing, works as a volunteer friendly visitor for Samaritan Hospice in Marlton, NJ, and serves on a number of boards of mission-driven, nonprofit organizations. A mother of three young adult daughters, she is actively exploring her Second Act! Learn more about Stefanie’s work and read more stories at stefanielevinecohen.com
I don’t see 18 when I watch her sleep. I see the tiny spiral her hair still makes at the top of her forehead. I see the dimple that miraculously never disappeared behind her left shoulder.
On moving day, a mother reflects back on raising her, now grown, spirited daughter, and looks toward the future for herself…