In the Shadow of CoronaWednesday, April 01, 2020Not Alone“The birth was smooth, the babies are healthy. My mother wasn’t here, but she got me a neis”
WindowsWednesday, March 25, 2020The Red CoatShe holds the coat close. It smells of mothballs and blind faith
LifeTakesWednesday, February 26, 2020Faces We WearI look at the pictures. At the widow’s smile. Did I smile like that today, yesterday?
MusingsWednesday, February 05, 2020The Boy on the Train"I’m a mom and a therapist because when this happens, you become a therapist”
LifeTakesWednesday, February 05, 20202020We rolled it off our tongues: “Twenty-twenty.” Distant and foreign sounding and a million miles away
FictionWednesday, October 23, 2019The ExchangeSix boys. Six yeshivos. Six chasunahs — well, seven, if you counted Yoni’s first marriage. Now they were starting to marry off the grandchildren
MusingsThursday, October 10, 2019Aravah Jew“Look at him, at him, behind the stained shirt and missing teeth, and you can’t help loving him, he’s another Jew"
CalligraphyThursday, October 10, 2019Sound CheckThese women don’t even know her, but they want to know about her deepest struggles
MusingsWednesday, September 25, 2019Finding My FatherI stand there with my years’ worth of baggage. Praying for another year
Real LifeWednesday, September 18, 2019Tale of a DressI was searching for my missing gown, and found something worth much more