A Mother’s Unconditional Love: The Secret Behind the Torah’s Transmission
Do I love them enough as they are? Or am I always trying to fit them into a “perfect” picture.
View ArticleNever, Ever Give Up!
She felt so down, depressed. She felt like she was barely holding herself up each day as she sank deeper and deeper.
View ArticleThe Lists of Life: Checks and Balances and Getting Stuff Done
The painting pushed against the wall, still standing up on the floor, stares at me with a question, “When are you going to hang me up already?” The few boxes in the closets, the ones with photo albums...
View ArticleA Treasure Box of Creativity
Some have it more, some have it less, but everyone has this unique gift—a treasure box of creativity that converts the “I can’t” into something beautiful.
View ArticleTime for a Checkup, Inside and Out
It took me by surprise, even shocked me. I know that no one expects to hear difficult news, but this caught me off-guard. It just wasn’t the conversation I was expecting . . . Raizy had been doing so...
View ArticleThe Sukkah and My Son: The Sky’s the Limit
It’s a balancing act of holding on and letting go. A balancing act of loving your child so much that you encircle him with love and affection, and that you love him so much you make yourself flexible...
View ArticleLife’s Little Challenges: How You Envision This Very Moment
The trait of a good eye is not just about seeing others with a good eye, but about seeing life in general with a good eye.
View ArticleThe Mother Who Never Stopped Dreaming and Doing
It was such a treat for me. And it came out of the blue, making it that much more precious. I opened my email and saw a message from a divorced grandmother we know who comes to us from time to time...
View ArticleGrowing With the Light
It’s not the first time I hear this, and it probably won’t be the last. The woman sitting before me is so afraid of having a baby. I watch her face and try to decipher the source of the tension from...
View ArticleWhen My Son Didn’t Come Home From School
My eldest son finishes school at 5 o’clock in the afternoon. After a half-hour bus ride, he usually comes home at about 5:40, sometimes 5:45. On this particular day, I looked up at the clock and...
View ArticleBesieged With Insecurity
We don’t do anything wrong, but we worry, we’re afraid, we’re anxious—and that in itself holds us prisoner and holds us back. What’s our mission?
View ArticleA Feeling of Nostalgia . . . A Feeling of Home
What is that smell I love . . . the smell that cries out to my soul? It’s the smell of Shabbat cooking, whether it’s matzah-ball soup or Moroccan fish, cholent, t’fina or kibbe hamda. It’s that smell...
View ArticleA Little Change (and Faith) Keeps Life Exciting
When you get used to something, after a while you take it for granted. You don’t see the blessing in it or value it as much. It becomes less endearing
View ArticleDon’t Belittle the Challenges of Life’s Ups and Downs
Accept your emotions instead of fighting them or ignoring them. Instead of trying to dismiss the challenge, nurture yourself, treat yourself and get help as you go through the process. Do whatever you...
View ArticleThe Passover Story in All Its Brilliant Hues
Why on this night—this night of redemption and freedom and hope, a night of protection and faith—why on this night do we have to bring up all that painful part of our past? Can’t we just talk about the...
View ArticleChildren Reflect a Mirror of Emotions
Could it be that we don’t understand our own importance?
View ArticleWhy Are Life’s Mountains so Tall and Daunting?
The mountain. Sometimes, that little hill looks more like a mountain. You think to yourself, “How in the world am I going to get over that mountain?” Sometimes, one person’s hill is another’s mountain...
View ArticleI Wasn’t Ready to Give Birth, How Could This Be Happening?
Was it less than a week ago that she made her appearance in our world? The world of laughter and tears, triumphs and fears?
View ArticleBefore You Get Angry … Stop! Look! Listen!
How many times do I jump to conclusions without giving the other person even a chance to show me or explain to me what they are really doing?
View ArticleWhen My Child Began Hitting
We have a Father, and He loves us and adores us. He wants to give to us and shower us with blessing and goodness. But He does ask for something in return, and it’s for our own benefit: to be kind and...
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