Esther Keiderling

My name is Esther. I love unique people and I love the beauty of the Platte Clove Bruderhof where I live. I believe that writing has tremendous power and I want to harness that power. I am matriculated at Cayuga Community College’s online Liberal Arts & Sciences program. My inspirations include EB White, St. Therese of Lisieux, James Thurber, and Maya Angelou.

November 10, 2020

A Lift Up the Stairs of Perfection

by Esther Keiderling

Therese Martin expressed her wish to be a saint as prosaically as I would express my wish to publish a book. She uses such a relatable analogy in The Story of a Soul that every time I walk up the eighty-nine concrete steps to my house, I smile...

June 11, 2018

Collector of Poetry, Even in Heaven: A Letter to My Grandmother

by Esther Keiderling

Now that you live with Emily Dickinson, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Edna St. Vincent Millay, TS Eliot, and all the others you can get yourself a huge poetry collection even better than the one you had here on earth, which is hard to imagine. I can’t wait...

February 19, 2018

My New Fight Song

by Esther Keiderling

Whenever I was lonely or afraid, I tried to uplift myself by humming my favorite pop music, but it didn’t work. The songs just made me feel so inadequate: I couldn’t follow any of the advice they gave. Then one day for some reason I remembered back...

January 13, 2017

The Force That’s Always With Us

by Esther Keiderling

I hope no one underestimates the importance of this discussion or its power to save lives. There are times when no human reassurance, therapy, or medication means anything to a person suffering from mental illness. But to meet someone who is just...

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