Committed to Memory
When I remember the special moments of my youth, I panic. What memories will my children have?
Tag: Musings
Thank You for Leftovers
No one could possibly be living like this. Everyone else has more time, more money, more help — or all three
The Boy on the Train
"I’m a mom and a therapist because when this happens, you become a therapist”
Testing, Testing, One, Two, Tea
Look at me, filling up on fiber and vitamins C and A… and also 2,000 calories of cheesecake
The Present
Gifts aren't my love language, but I learned to appreciate the joy others take in giving - and being received graciously
Becoming a Believer
I’ve always seen myself as the black cat with the rain cloud over its head
Sweetness Dissolved
We argued whose turn it was to spend Sundays with Zeidy
Planet Normal
But we ourselves, while loved, don’t belong. We don’t live on Planet Normal. We live on Planet Crazy
Aravah Jew
“Look at him, at him, behind the stained shirt and missing teeth, and you can’t help loving him, he’s another Jew"
Dreams Deferred
But today and yesterday, five years after burying them, in my nightly half-sleep, those dreams came to me, taunting, “What will be with you, Bracha?”
Finding My Father
I stand there with my years’ worth of baggage. Praying for another year
