Our First Rejection

CLICK TO JOIN OUR E-MAIL LIST Rejection. And 8 years later it still stings. The gan’s director, the dream nursery school for our 4-year-old firstborn daughter, had put her foot down. Hadas Weisberg was not welcome. Our rejection, I assume, was based on defects so numerous that it is hard to enumerate them all here. […]

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Rivka bat Yael Update: Mazal Tov, It's a Boy!

CLICK TO JOIN OUR E-MAIL LIST On April 20th, 4-year-old Rivki Razel fell from the roof of her Jerusalem home while watching Israeli Independence Day fireworks with her father. Please add Rivka bat Yael to your prayers. Right after I gave birth 6 weeks ago, I had an intense, high resolution, adrenalin-clear dream. In my […]

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Mom's Overcooked Spaghetti

Overcooked spaghetti. That’s how my heart feels sometimes. Jumbled emotions glued together in a confused clump. This morning, for example, I overheard the following conversation between 2 women at the gym as they changed into spandex leggings and t-shirts: Mrs. Tichel: Where have you been? I haven’t seen you at the gym forever. Mrs. Sheitl: […]

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Mommy Peptalk: 2 Top Tips to Survive Summer Vacation

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The Minivan Rap

In need of a good laugh? Who isn’t? Here’s a video and an article that evoked serious chuckles here in the Weisberg home The so-sad-it’s-funny article: “Sorry Kid, No License, No Lemonade” The funny video: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql-N3F1FhW4]

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