Rivka bat Yael Update: The New Seesaw
CLICK TO JOIN OUR BI-WEEKLY E-MAIL Yesterday my 5-year-old, Moriah, pointed out that Rivki still hasn’t seen the new wooden seesaw at the Rachel v’Leah Nursery School. “She also hasn’t seen the new aquarium with the goldfish,” I pointed out. Moriah pondered my point, and corrected me. “No, Rivki saw the aquarium. But when she […]
Read MoreBelieve it or Not! Diaper Change with Feet
Sarah Kovac is a 26-year-old mother of a newborn son who suffers from a debilitating disability that prevents her from using her hands. The following video, featured on CNN, shows Sarah changing her son’s diaper, with her feet! When I saw this video, I couldn’t peel my eyes away from the screen, this is amazing […]
Read MoreA Holy C-Section
I received this letter from Tali, a mother who just had her fourth child and her first C-section this month. After struggling with disappointment, Tali managed to reinterpret her birth in an innovative and spiritual way that I just had to share with you. Mazal tov, Tali! Hi Chana, My name is Tali, and today […]
Read MoreThe Science of Mom's Love
It was Shavuot morning, and I saw Yoel fall like he was sliding into third base. He was on the far end of the playground, in the midst of about a hundred dashing and climbing kids playing all around him. Yoel dug his elbows into the asphalt and rested his little reddening face into his […]
Read MoreThe Blessing of Spilt Milk
This week it’s been broiling hot here in the Holy Land. The kind of hot that makes me feel like every hour of the day I gain two pounds, so that by the time bedtime rolls around I’m as hot and uncomfortable as a Thanksgiving turkey basting in gravy and begging to be taken out […]
Read MoreA Non-Mother's Day PART TWO
This week I received this letter from a Jewish woman struggling with infertility in response to the article “A Non-Mother’s Day.” I thought this woman’s response and spiritual view of her own infertility was quite incredible… Shalom Chana, I am a woman who also has had difficulties with having children and want to share my […]
Read MoreA Non-Mother's Day
How does Mother’s Day feel from the other side? I just read this article below, an infertile woman’s feelings about Mother’s Day, and it made me cry. I knew that I just had to share this with you moms. This article, G-d willing, should make you hug your kids a bit tighter when they come […]
Read MoreRivka bat Yael Razel Update: What You Can Do for Rivki
There haven’t been any big changes this week in Rivka bat Yael’s condition. Overall, Rivki has been struggling in recent days with some respiratory infections, and is still being kept in an induced coma in Hadassah Hospital’s ICU. What I hear over and over is that things are moving in the right direction, but very, […]
Read MoreMom's Scary Face
I cannot get this woman out of my mind. Stephanie Nielson was a famous mommy-blogger and devoted mom of 4 from Utah when she and her husband nearly died during a plane crash in 2008. By the time Stephanie woke up after 3 months in a coma, her children didn’t even recognize her scarred face. […]
Read MoreThis Week's Mommy Peptalk: Achieving Spiritual Perfection
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