Every Person You Meet
I met a person tonight who seemed out of it and exhausted. I thought of her when I read this quote. We have no idea what’s going on in the life of the person across from us. Let’s try to tread gently.
Read MoreEvery 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 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 MoreAn Empty-Nester Reminisces about her Once Full House by Cheryl Kupfer
This is the Shabbat before Tsofia’s bat mitzvah. All my kids will be home and we b”H have family that flew in from America for the Big Event. Ours will be a very full house. If I feel myself getting overwhelmed I’ll remember this poignant piece from the Jewish Press. And remember the blessing of […]
Read MoreMy Teenage Son and the Hedgehog
This morning at 7:15 AM, while getting my 2 little boys ready to head out for the school bus, my 7-year-old Yoni came into the house from checking the front porch for magazines and declared, “Eema, there’s a hedgehog in the bucket.” “Yoni, did you just say there’s a hedgehog in the bucket?” Yoni nodded […]
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