Sparks in the Sky
We land and head straight for Ichilov hospital. Shealtiel is frighteningly still, white, surrounded by beeping — blood pressu ...
Tag: Family Tempo
Two Dolls
She doesn’t ask because she knows it will make Mommy sad, just like she doesn’t ask why they don’t have a daddy i ...
Happily Ever After
“May you always be this happy!” they kept on wishing me, and I thought, Oh no, please not!
The Save Our School Committee
“Has the Department of Health really condemned the building? Are the maintenance workers really on strike? And is Mrs. Steinman really being held hostage in a foreign country?”
Going for the Gold
Pangs of reality punctured my celebrating soul. Aha, so my chassan was pining for a thousand-dollar useless watch.
Vacation for Two
“We don’t have to go on any kind of formal [read: expensive] vacation,” he explains with his usual maddening male logic ...
Imperfect Mondays
I can’t do ugly duckling phases.
Sacrifice
This was a viper, slowly slithering, evil, horror, mouth suddenly gaping, fangs exposed. The mouth of hell. The human mind ...
At the Window
Ahuva’s heart twisted. Was it with pride at Sari’s offer, or pain for Esther’s refusal? She didn’t know
Journeys
Sara thought that Yaakov had become akin to the Shabbos lights in their dramatic shadow: zachor, yizkor, a quiet act of ...
Aim for the Stars
A wiry girl in front spoke up. “We’re not even leaving the Tristate area? You said we were going cross-country!”
