Been Looking for Me??

November 5, 2012

We are all OK. But it was a really crazy week here in the Mid-Atlantic region, thanks to Hurricane Sandy. We were affected, but nothing like other families. And for that, I feel guilty. More about this over at Kveller.com.

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Elevating the Ordinary

October 23, 2012

The other day, a friend lamented how quickly life seems to go and how quickly our children are growing. And it is true. It really does go so fast that I wonder if I will remember all of the precious moments. My solution? Taking the not-yet-sacred and elevating it to something holy and amazing. I’ve […]

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00:1:05

October 18, 2012

That is how much time I shaved of my mile in the past six weeks. A not-insignificant amount of time. And leaving me with the following finish time at this past weekend’s 5K: I didn’t come in first. Nowhere near it, in fact. But I didn’t come in last either. For the past twelve weeks, […]

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Chodesh Tov

October 16, 2012

Whew. We made it. We made it to Cheshvan, the quietest month of our liturgical calendar. Good work, you! I’ve got much more to say about this month…but you’ll have to come along with me to the Rabbis Without Borders blog because that’s where I’m hanging today.

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Identity Crisis

October 12, 2012

The theme in Kindergarten this week is family. So the teacher asked all of the children to say what their mothers do. Jacob reported that his mother works at home. And when he told me this I thought, “hooray. My kids see my writing as legitimate work.” Except he then clarified for his class. “She […]

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