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Layee smiled serenely. “Behind every great man, blah blah blah… And until a bochur finds his bashert, who is that great woman? His mother”

Wishful thinking! howled my inner critic. He’s eight! He’s not interested in your fancy educational approaches!

We made our own decisions, and we wrote our own exit. Both aspects were painful

“It’s not fair. You make me do such hard stuff. My morah said we can bring you your slippers or a drink of water. Now I’m not gonna be in the raffle”

Now, with a home of my own, including recipe books and a husband who makes fun of my old-fashioned cravings, I understand

When I’m in a social situation and I feel uncomfortable, I regurgitate random facts. And when I say facts, I use this term loosely