It’s not easy to describe to someone who doesn’t live here what life is like. Today, I had one of those moments that helps to illuminate what is hard to put into words. The same woman worked at the check-out counter at our grocery store for years. About a year ago, the store changed ownership… Read More The Check-Out Lady Checks In
Rosh Hashanah is right around the corner, and I always start to feel like I haven’t prepared myself for the holiday ahead. I don’t go to shul in the morning every day like Josh does; I don’t say slichot; I don’t learn every day like many people I know; I don’t have (or make?) the… Read More Cultivating the Spirit
I remember exactly where I was when I learned that the first plane had hit the Twin Towers. I was a teacher at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryland and I was on a break during second period. When I walked into the English department office, someone was talking about what had happened and… Read More 11 Years Later
I just love the first day of school; it’s filled with promise and excitement – new starts and eager beginnings. Every time we arrive at the first day of school, I have the same memory that comes flooding back. Eight years ago today, as we prepared to get our two little guys ready for their… Read More New Beginnings
I love that we were given the opportunity to do a mitzvah (good deed) within five minutes of landing back on Israeli soil. As we dragged ourselves off of the plane, I stood around waiting for my stroller to unload while Josh went ahead a few feet with the other kids. As I was standing… Read More Welcoming Them Home
It is hysterical watching the kids enjoying their time in the States. There have been so many funny moments – but I’ve been too busy running after the baby to write about them. Here’s just a quick glimpse. As we drove to the store the other day, Yehuda remarked about something that I had been… Read More A Day in the Life…
It is hysterical watching the kids enjoying their time in the States. There have been so many funny moments – but I’ve been too busy running after the baby to write about them. Here’s just a quick glimpse. As we drove to the store the other day, Yehuda remarked about something that I had been… Read More A Day in the Life…
Today was one of those days where Hashem decides to pop a head in and say hello. We went to visit my 91 year old grandmother (SH! her age is a secret, but I think she’s 91). I haven’t seen her in three years and it’s been a very difficult time for her, full of… Read More Mezuzah Musings
Life is so relative. Yes, there are times at home when I feel like I have a lot of kids, but I don’t usually think too much about it. Until I leave my bubble. Today, as we traveled from Charlotte, North Carolina to Los Angeles, the mantra of the day was “One, Two, Three, Four,… Read More All Is Relative
We were talking about our Aliyah with the kids the other day. Matan and Yehuda were recounting what they remember (not much) and Amichai said that he didn’t make Aliyah. I reminded him that he did, indeed, make Aliyah. “I carried you here, literally,” I said to him. “I was pregnant and you were in… Read More Playing with Hashem
