Yaakov’s Pink Blessing
Yesterday morning, 3 young soldiers, hesder yeshiva students, were injured in a terror attack. And that was why, yesterday afternoon, I was walking along my street thinking about how I just CAN’T stand it anymore! I can’t stand the terror attacks and the heart-rending funerals and the fear. And then I thought back on the […]
Read MoreStop Waiting, Start Living (7-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
Is your current reality frustrating to you? Choose to be happy today anyway.
Read MoreA Frosted-Over Thank You
Last night, temperatures dipped below freezing, and this morning when we saw a waterfall over the front of our house, we knew that like thousands of other families, the frosty night has burst our dud shemesh, or solar water heater To shut off the waterfall, we had to shut off water for our whole house […]
Read MoreThe Lost $8000 Engagement Ring
Last Thursday, the $8000 engagement ring of a Jerusalem woman who will be getting married next month accidentally fell unnoticed into the trash. When the bride-to-be realized her mistake, the family ran in a panic to the trash dumpster, only to discover that the trash had already been taken away by a garbage truck. The […]
Read MoreThe Most Humiliating Moment of Stephen Gostkowski’s Life
When I married Josh 20 years ago next month (almost happy major anniversary!) I became a Patriots fan by marriage. But I’d never actually watched a football game until last night, when I went with Josh to watch the Broncos-Patriots AFC title game. The title game (as I now know) is the final game of […]
Read MoreThe Controversial Fridge Magnet
“Yuck! Eema, what IS THAT?” Earlier this week, my teenage daughter noticed the 5-shekel magnet I bought at the corner store. It made me smile. And I thought I could write something about it for JewishMOM.com, so I brought it home and put it smack-dab in the middle of our fridge among Tsoofy’s masterpieces and […]
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