Every Time You Feel Like Complaining
We are on a family trip to the North of Israel. My daughter and I were hoping to get a head start on our vacation so we left home at 2:20 PM and got here (after taking 5 buses, one of which broke down mid-trip) at 9:30 PM. My husband, by contrast. left home at […]
Read MoreFirst Comes Love
“Chinuch” means education. This felt like an important reminder in the middle of these parenting-intensive weeks of summer vacation. Love first. Without love, you can’t educate. Since I read this earlier today, I feel like my mothering touch has softened, gotten lighter, grown a smile.
Read MoreIf It’s Your Will, Hashem
As the mother of daughters of a certain age, in search of their soulmates, I should have these words written on the insides of my eyelids so I remember them ALWAYS!
Read MoreMazal Tov to my Bat Mitzvah Girl, Tsofia Bat Tsion!
We all just came home from Tsofia’s wonderful bat mitzvah party. Here’s a photo I found of Tsofia from 12 years ago! What a grown-up beautiful and special girl she has grown up into💜
Read MoreStealing the Purple Suitcase by Reb. Shira Smiles
When her children were small, Reb. Smiles would joke with them at baggage claim about stealing the suitcase that was purple, her favorite color. An inspiring lesson about embracing our own “suitcase” in life.
Read MoreMourning Jewish Mom, Jacki Sundheim: July 4th Shooting Victim
This past Shabbat we bonded over kugel and cholent with a wonderful group from a Chicago synagogue, not far Highland Park and from the congregation where Jacki Sundheim A”H spent decades as a devoted employee, volunteer, and member. Maybe that experience combined with reading about Jacki and what a committed Jew and a giving, loving […]
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