Two Weeks
My mother recently visited a cousin who has several adult children in shidduchim as well. Our cousin had the most encouraging words: “All it takes is two weeks.”
Erev Before Boker
We never quite had a chance to recap how Y”T went. It was a world ago. I was home with a lot of family (ka”H) first days, and went to my aunt second days. (I had wanted to go to my grandmother but she wasn’t home in the end. Hopefully later this year). I hope wherever you were, it was …
Mobilized
Just a short post to share how I’m trying to contribute to the war effort, and maybe you can share your own thoughts and ideas.
Heartache
There is really nothing to say. I had a bunch of posts in mind over Y”T and nothing seems appropriate for this moment. It is such a painful, painful time for all of us. When unspeakably horrible and infuriating events happen, it does have the effect of “right-sizing” everything else, not to minimize but just to provide perspective of what …
I’m an Older Single – AMA
This post is inspired by the AMA (ask me anything) trend on imamother.com (a website I enjoy perusing for mild entertainment value, yummy-sounding menus, and reasons to be grateful for the problems I do have, oy). In the spirit of an actual AMA, I posed a number of…candid questions to myself that the clueless-but-curious might want answered about the life …
Your Ideas
Since I wrote this about losing my list of post ideas, I have published more than 80 posts! Woah, amazing — the stream of ideas continues to flow. At the same time, I am curious to hear what you would like to read about. Maybe something revisiting a topic, or something I haven’t addressed yet, or something random for fun? …
Things You Can Do Even If You’re Single
Hello, all. I hope you had a meaningful Yom Kippur. This time of year – new beginnings, Yom Tov, family time – often brings up emotions, so in that spirit, I present a companion post to “Things you don’t have to do just because you’re single.”
Gmar Chasima Tova!
I want to wish all my readers a gmar chasima tova and a gut gebencht yuhr! My friend sent me this beautiful article about making your pitch to Hashem. Also, I learned this week in Kitzur Shulchan Aruch that we are told to be happy and enjoy Motzoei Yom Kippur and the days between Yom Kippur and Succos — Hashem …
Voicenotes
Last night I searched for something in Whatsapp and went down a rabbit hole rereading past conversations, as one does. Since most of my lengthier text-based conversations are punctuated by voicenotes, I started listening to those, too. Hearing voicenotes from the past year or two was like listening to an auditory montage of my emotional experience. I heard my voice …
Where You Work, Again
Thinking about work, in the vein of yesterday’s post. Six years ago I wrote about how lonely I was being the only frum person where I worked and how happy I was to change jobs to work with other frum people. It’s so interesting, now I kind of feel the opposite. I am the only frum person where I work …