It’s only walking away from the school where I left my youngest child starting fifth grade so happy, he barely took time to give me a goodbye hug, that the tears threatened to come. The sound is quiet, there are crickets, there are trees, tall trees overhead, beautiful sky, quiet neighborhood and in the distance, the fast rumble of highway… Read more →
He was asleep as I nestled into the sheets, but he sensed me there as he has for the past 10 years. So he rolled over toward me and slipped his little arm around me, holding on tight. Eventually sleep took over and he went one way while I went another, but for a good 20 minutes or so, I… Read more →
The theater was spectacular, with regal spotless carpet beneath our feet and a glowing chandelier strung high above the main floor. On the stage, large screens and handmade sets alternated, with actors moving the evergreens and standing behind them rather than stage-hands designed to be invisible but quite easily seen. The lion, Aslan, representative of the son of God himself,… Read more →
My darling boy, I know I say this a lot, and you roll your eyes when I do, but I can’t believe how quickly time flies. It seems like just a little while ago when you were my little chubby baby boy with electric eyes and an eagerness to discover everything about the world. And now, today, you crossed the… Read more →
I woke up this morning feeling like a mom who just can’t win. Wait. I feel that way at least once a day. Unless the kids aren’t here, and then I feel like a great mom and like we are close and always will be. And that’s only because when they’re with the other parent, the one they’re missing seems… Read more →
So many years ago, when my grandfather was still alive, he brokered a peace between three of his sisters. There had been a decades-long feud, two sisters against a third. At family events, the host had to engineer table arrangements so the non-speaking siblings would not have to sit together. Finally, my grandfather had enough. All the family came to… Read more →
The Monday After… Melancholy and contentment in equal parts this morning, as I reflect on my beautiful daughter’s beautiful bat mitzvah weekend. Surrounded by loving family and friends from Friday afternoon until late yesterday, we were enveloped in the kind of community love that makes life worth living. My daughter did her part, demonstrating her mastery of Hebrew and Torah… Read more →