
Four months into aveilus, life has fallen into a pattern

Germs are the whole problem. Germs threaten Mommy’s life

It’s a small thing, yet it fills me with nachas that I never dreamed I would have

As I signed form after form with that name Sara, I pondered this strange predicament that seemed to bring me full circle

Everyone here is a living, breathing proof of the eternal miracle of Chanukah

Did they ever imagine that he’d be able to repeat a prayer in Aramaic, in front of 200 people, in memory of his father?

My mazel, however, has never yet helped me fill my bank account, my sheitel boxes, or my jewelry rolls

She glances down at them and knows she can’t use them for the yearbook. They’re horrible, hideous even. How can she possibly be so ugly?

Bench or seven flights of stairs? I could wait for another bus. Or I could start walking home. Or… I could just sit here?

It’s important for her chinuch, I told myself, and I believed it. I still do