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Thursday, January 10, 2019
“How much do they cost?” Ari asked it innocently, and seriously, it scared me. There was no way I’d let him spend that much money on me
Esther Kurtz
Esther is boring and normal, bananas in her yogurt make her very happy. She lives in NJ with her husband, children and many opinions
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Thursday, January 03, 2019
“If I have to call you, then it’s not gonna happen, and then you’ll get insulted when you find out too late”
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Thursday, January 03, 2019
I sat down with Yussie, who gave me a rundown on what women — and men! — should know about car maintenance
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Wednesday, December 26, 2018
“He made a comment to the shadchan, something like ‘Does she have a feminine side?’ I’m not even sure what he meant, but I want to look more…”
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Thursday, December 20, 2018
Ari made a face. That’s not good, is it? Should he be speaking up? Or are we so mature that he gets this disagreement is not worth it
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Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Ari wanted to talk? Why didn’t he just talk? Because you’re never home, I answered. I didn’t even have to be meta to know that was bad
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Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Right, that’s why I forget supper — because I don’t usually eat it. We’re married two months already, I have to get into this supper thing
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Wednesday, December 05, 2018
Stuff’s up?! Understatement of the century. They fired Sandra and Peter. Things were bad, sure, but I didn’t think it was that bad
LifeTakes
Wednesday, November 07, 2018
Was I married, I asked. Did I have kids? This was not a given in my 11th grade mind. And amazingly, baruch Hashem, I can smirk at that now
Musings
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Why do I feel the need to justify the depth of my sorrow? Why do we ascribe so little meaning to miscarriages, late miscarriages, and stillbirths?
Fiction
Wednesday, October 03, 2018
How could Karen tell her daughter that she never felt secure as a mother and as her next-door neighbor, Miriam Steiff bore witness to her failure?
