Best Fourth Ever

July 5, 2012

It wasn’t the busiest 4th of July. Nor was it the most social. I slept in — for the first time since I started the CPAP. Which leads me to believe that it was due more to jetlag than anything else. Warren took a three mile walk before the heat got too unbearable. And the […]

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Power of the Song

June 29, 2012

My father’s final Shabbat with the shul he and my mother founded thirty-six years ago. I am here to lead the service with my band. And with him. For the last time on the pulpit we shared for five years. It is, in my father’s words, in order to keep things from being maudlin. I […]

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Whose App is it Anyway??

June 28, 2012

Dear Kids Boys, While I realize that this is a problem of my own making, it does not in any way diminish my annoyance that I turn on my iPad only to discover that I cannot find anything. No, not because I do not know how to operate the darn thing. No. It is because […]

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Is That a CPAP in Your Bag…or are You Just Happy to See Me?

June 27, 2012

Travelling without any of the kids is a delight. Unencumbered, I can get to where I need to go at my own pace. I can eat where I want to eat, browse at the newsstand, and find my way to my gate without having to worry about losing anyone. And there is way less stuff. […]

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On Your Twelfth Birthday

June 26, 2012

Dear Ben, Twelve. How is it possible that you are twelve? So cliched, I know. But it does seem strange that I am the mother of a son who is taller than I and with bigger feet and hands. Your life is filled with more challenges that I would have ever anticipated when you made […]

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