6 NYC Outings
New York City is the greatest resource for outings big and small. Here are a few places I’ve been and enjoyed:
Author: A Friend
Filling the Tank
A few months back, I had an interesting exchange with my friend’s mother. We talked about my upcoming summer vacation and I told her how excited I was to go to Europe, especially since my memories and pictures of a previous trip continue to make me so happy. She told me that her daughter, who is several years older than …
Thinking of Others
An area of personal growth that I find challenging is remembering to think about others more consistently — acknowledging what’s going on in their lives, touching base, doing little things that make them feel cared for. You may know this already. I am perpetually trying to make this a priority, so today I made a list of some ideas to …
Character Sketching
Recently I’ve been going through Journal to the Self, by Kathleen Adams, and learning about different journaling techniques. (This has been an ongoing fascination). I tried one of her ideas and it was so fun and helpful, I wanted to spread the word: character sketching. A character sketch is a written description of someone, which helps you get to …
Favorite Baby Gifts
Little gift-giving tip I discovered: It’s a lot more fun to choose gifts that you love. I like to give board books as baby gifts because I’m a language development nerd and reading to babies is so good for them! It helps builds connections in the brain and lays the foundation for literacy and learning. Babies love to hear the …
Vulnerability
I’m dashing off this post because I just read Sara Eisemann’s MatchQuest column in this week’s Family First, and the question and answer were so phenomenally on-target, I had to share. (The entire text is available through the above link.) I know that most of what I talk about on this blog is not actual dating or the process …
Favorite Shabbos Salads
Do you have a really delicious lettuce salad recipe? I’m looking for a couple new ideas to mix things up at the Shabbos table. These are the favorites we’ve been enjoying these days: Chef’s salad. This is our go-to for Shabbos day. The recipe here is slightly adapted from the chef’s salad recipe in Kosher by Design. We make …
After Chanukah Updates
Hi, all! The past few weeks I was really tired and busy with work stuff so I took a bit of a break. One thing I’ve been pretty consistent about, though, is daily journaling. I hope everyone had a really nice Chanukah. Did you light your own menorah? I did every night this Chanukah, which doesn’t always happen, but I really wanted …
10 Things to Do for Yourself This Winter
It’s December! Winter is headed our way. Can you believe it? Wasn’t it just summer…and fall? Since winter is not my favorite season, I thought it would be nice to make a list of things to look forward to. Here are some ideas: Take a course, for work if you find that enjoyable, or purely for your own enrichment. …
What Was Your Favorite Subject?
If you could go back to high school (ok, minus all that), what class would you most want to sit in? I always loved biology and language arts, especially literature. (I tutor a few high school girls in language arts and they laugh at how enthusiastic I am about the material). As far as kodesh classes, I would love to …