Time Traveler
If anyone had told me ten years ago what the next ten years would look like, I would have never, ever believed that I could make it through them. I guess it’s good that we don’t get told these things!
How Was Your Pesach?
Hi, all, I hope you had a good one! I did b”H, and honestly I don’t know what it was that made it so. (Some years are hard, and some are easier). First and second days, we had married siblings over with their families, and on Shabbos chol hamoed I stayed home myself while my family went away because I …
Chag Kasher V’Sameach!
I really love Pesach (admittedly, I don’t cook and hardly clean so that might be part of it). I’m looking forward to the next week and a half with my family. I am b”H on track with my to-do list and was looking for a nice thought to share about Y”T, but was a little tired and didn’t make much …
Feelings Wheel
Quick housekeeping note: if you are receiving this post to your inbox, I just want to let you know that I won’t be sending out emails for the foreseeable future because it has given me some tech issues — I realize that I never sent out an announcement about that so here it is a few weeks late! So sorry …
8 Lovely Picture Books
Around Succos time I checked out mounds of picture books from the library towards my goal of reading the Caldecott winners in order. (I modified that goal to simply be “read more picture books this year,” which I’ve accomplished). Here are a few beautiful books I enjoyed:
Avodas Perach
Much of shidduchim is avodas perach: over and over, you do things that are hard and they sink into quicksand. You think your efforts will get you somewhere, and they sink into quicksand. I honestly don’t know how anyone can live like that. And then I remember that I am living like that. I don’t understand how.
What Are Your Plans for Pesach? (Do You Have Plans?)
This happens every year: Pesach takes me by surprise. But it’s coming next week, ready or not.
Do You Have a Pet?
My therapist shared an article with me about helpful grief supports and as it turns out, the most helpful support people found was in their pet.
To Give Someone the World
Last week I had a conversation with a friend that I’ve had many times before, about my existential crisis: “I feel unsatisfied and that I need to be doing more…What is my purpose?” She pointed out that we’ve had this conversation on a recurrent basis every few months for about ten years and the solutions I turn to (more work, …
Emunah vs. Manifestation
A friend sent me this shiur by Esther Wein on the topic of manifestation. I enjoyed it very much and wanted to pass it along. I have to say it really resonated!