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I’m intrigued by my visceral reaction: “No way, I could never do that. That would be the worst day ever!”

We respect them and learn from them, while recognizing that there’s something essential that we have to share. We plant seeds, water them, and daven

I was learning how to be unfazed by the bumps in life’s road and instead focus on the true purpose of our time here

My parents were very gentle: “It’s great that you love it, but maybe you can find something else you love that has a practical application?”

There were some blank spaces in our family history. My mother always referred vaguely to a family secret, but I never took it too seriously