I keep thinking about the Sunday we changed the clock and lost an hour. I woke up to a silent house on Monday morning at 7:00, an hour that usually has a backdrop of a story CD playing in the den, nosh trading, and negotiations. That morning, it was silent. I wish I could’ve woken my
I have a really pretty set of wine glasses in a soft, forest-colored glass that I picked up at the dollar store once. As I put 12 of them (too few, unfortunately) into my cart, I remember thinking, No one in this store realizes how pretty these are. I have a pang of regret every
When we fill our minds and use our energy on other things, getting the exact shade of the season holds a lot less value. We simply don’t care as much, and it becomes almost inconsequential.
A good friend of mine has been working on her parenting recently through classes and workshops. She’s experiencing tremendous growth, and I’m lucky enough to be on the receiving end of the wisdom she’s cultivated. Recently, we were talking about spending spurts of quality time with each child, and she mentioned that it’s better to
Before we redesigned Family Table, I had a few rotating pieces that I wanted to include on this page each week. One piece was what I called “Overrated/Underrated,” where I’d spotlight a trend and evaluate if it had lasting power. There are plenty of food trends that are overrated, but I was more curious about
It hit me when Esther sent me a picture of her table with all the to-do lists and checklists laid out one Erev Shabbos that our annual awaited mishloach manos supplement requires a similar level of detail to what’s involved in making a simchah. There’s endless errands and hours and hours of conversations figuring it
