How to Overcome Anger (10-Minute Mommy Peptalk Video)
A simple technique that can help you quickly deflate feelings of anger, resentment, and frustration. photo credit: chente922 via photopin cc
Read MoreSports Illustrated’s Kid of Year has Cerebral Palsy (4-Minute Inspirational Video)
See the inspiring story of brothers Conner and Cayden Long, who were the recipients of Sports Illustrated Kids 2012 SportsKids of the Year award. Although Cayden has cerebral palsy it hasn’t stopped him from competing in triathlons with his older brother Conner. And while we’re talking about CP, this week I heard about the […]
Read MoreCharity Saves from Death: A Nachlaot Miracle
Since my dear friend Hagit bat Leah passed away two years ago today, I’ve heard her speaking to me on two occasions No, I’m not a person who regularly talks with dead people. And I really have no idea whether I really heard Hagit’s voice or whether I just have an overactive imagination. But, in […]
Read MoreReining in the Destroyer by C. Saphir
This article originally appeared in Mishpacha Magazine. It started, of course, over money. Not a lot of money — the whole fight was over $100,000, maybe $200,000, and by the time the 22-year-long court battle ended, the lawyers had eaten up practically every cent. The court battle may have been over, but the fight was […]
Read MoreRemembering Hagit bat Leah z”l: The 2nd Yahrzeit
Early yesterday evening, Moriah and I were walking her classmate and dear friend, Anava, home when out of nowhere we heard Purim music blasting. We turned a corner and entered a sea of people participating in a Hachnasat Sefer Torah. And for a few minutes we watched the van with its flashing colorful lights and […]
Read MorePrincess Kate and Me: My Personal Struggle with HG by Robin Bazes Aron
The recent media attention over the Duchess of Cambridge (Princess Kate’s) pregnancy and hospitalization due to “severe morning sickness” (AKA Hyperemesis Gravidarum) hit home in a big way. Like Princess Kate, I am pregnant (with my third child) and I too suffer from the rare, but debilitating condition known as Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG). HG, for […]
Read MoreYair Lapid’s Chassidic Grandfather
It was my final conversation with my Grandma Florence. I was 22 years old and, to the great consternation of my family, had gotten all frummed out. At the women’s yeshiva where I had studied the year before, the rabbi told us baalot teshuva-to-be that a few generations back all of our families had been […]
Read MoreAn Awkward Purim (5-Minute Funny Video)
An awkward situation that most of us experience every single Purim: someone arrives at your door with a mishloach manot, but you don’t have one prepared for him. So you give him a mishloach manot that you just received from somebody else. But what if you forget to take off the original card? In this […]
Read More3 Tips for a Better Marriage (14-Minute Mommy Peptalk Video)
In honor of my 17th anniversary, here’s 3 tips for a stronger and happier marriage.
Read MoreSomething Real by Debbie Lefkowitz
This article originally appeared in Family First In the winter frost the snowflakes fall, whirling around each other like minuscule fairies. We watch my children run across the seemingly endless expanse of white, trying to catch the flakes in their outstretched hands. I haven’t seen my friend in years, but her crystal blue eyes still […]
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