Oy Vey!! Jewish Mothers equals Jewish Guilt
I am a Nice Jewish Psychic Nudist. Could you just plotz? So you think they'll throw me out of temple? I am not your typical Jewish Gal, however I am unique and proud of it!
I came from a Jewish mother who from the time I was a small child controlled every aspect of ME. She didn't love herself, and I was a reflection of her. Her hair was frizzy and so was mine, so she would die my hair red and straighten my hair on the same day. I was only 13. As a result, it damaged my hair and it stopped growing. It did not grow for many many years. She chose what I wore and then told me I had to be a secretary. I wamted to be a child psychologiest. When I was 21 in 1973, I got an afro. It was the beginning of the real me. My mother was embarrassed to be seen with me and managed to keep me away from my father's relatives for almost 20 years. I lived an hour an a half away from them and was kept out of the loop of family functions. I rarely saw them and when they would call and say they were coming to visit, it would send me into a talespin.
When I became a psychic, it added to her embarrassment. When I starting doing psychic readings professionally in 1985, my parents thought I had lost my mind; however, when they saw that I was actually making a living at it and that I had repeat customers, they started to take it more seriously. I knew when my father had my mother call me to ask where the car keys were that I had gained their respect.
I moved closer to them in 1989 when my dad's my dad's brother and his family came from Russia. I started going to family functions, but not before my parents told me not to tell them I was a psychic. Well I did anyway and much to my shock, a huge amount of them were metaphysical and spiritual and some of them were psychics and healers. One of my 3rd cousins, a psychic, had lived down the street from me for 20 years. They could not understand what happened to me and why they never saw me. I was shocked, and my parents knew all this. It hurt me to the core. There was a family function one year and my aunt (who had always known) called and asked where I wanted to be seated, and I told her. I did indeed get seated where I wanted, and I was surrounded by psychics and healers. I had a great time that day. I told my mother and her response was "I GIVE UP".
I am a Jewish gal who just happens to love the nudist lifestyle. My parents, who are very old fashioned and from the old country, already couldn't handle my career choice of being a psychic.They had a real tough time with it. Becoming a nudist only added to the shock for my parents. Can you imagine me going to Temple and announcing to everyone that I am a nudist and a psychic? When I became a nudist in 1992. that only added to the shock for my parents.
Yes, I could have hidden my nudist lifestyle from my parents, but I didn't want to hide it. Becoming a nudist had a profound and life changing effect on me. I couldn't keep it a secret. It became a huge part of my life every weekend, and a big part of my conversations. Out of respect for my mother (who kept telling me I would go to hell), I did not tell our relatives. I wanted to though. My dad would get a big smile on his face when we talked about my nudist club. I know he would have gone in a second, but my mom was against it. He was dying to tell our relatives. He would blurt out at family functions: "Look Linda has an all over tan". Some of our relatives are orthodox, and maybe for that reason, they did not catch on. If they did, they didn't say anything.
There is a huge Jewish nudist community in Pasco County, Florida. We have break the fast dinners for Yom Kippur and Passover Sedars every year. Everyone brings their favorite Jewish dish. Delicious!
Recently, I told my cousins in Israel that I lived in a nudist resort and waited for them to "freak out". That actually never happened. One of them found it very amusing and the others were quite curious and asked a lot of questions. They were very accepting of my lifestyle, or so it appeared.
WILL THE REAL LINDA KAYE PLEASE STAND UP. I DID. : - ). NO MORE JEWISH GUILT!