This new online life might be far from ideal but I’m kind of leaning into the craziness and allowing myself to not be so productive. One of the side effects of spending half the day (okay, exaggeration, but only slightly) on Zoom is that you end up opening all these tabs and going down rabbit holes and clicking on links …
At the end of February, right before everything shut down, a friend was working on an international shidduch for me and I was all, “I think I should fly to meet him, it’s ridiculous to meet someone over Zoom.” Hahahaha. Apparently it’s not so ridiculous, after all. This new frontier in shidduch dating definitely deserves a real discussion. …
Hi, all. The following is a conversation that never took place (but probably should have, and still might). I suspect this will resonate with you. “Mrs. Cohen” is a composite figure and the social worker is yours truly. Enjoy. Hi, Mrs. Cohen, do you have a few minutes to talk? I’m calling with a suggestion for you. Oh! …
If someone gave me a written exam on parenting, I think I’d get an A. Over the years I have really tried to learn a lot about what kids need and how they develop, and to that end I have read a number of books, etc. But — when it comes to applying this learning in a real-life situation with …
Hi, everyone, welcome back here! It’s hard to believe we’re on the other side of Pesach and this shelter in place situation has been going on for five weeks already (alternatively, for only five weeks so far), at least in the New York area. How are you all doing and how was your Yom Tov? This was my first …
My Partner in Torah and I just finished learning about kriyas Yam Suf (excellent timing, yes) and as I have found over and over since we started learning Chumash, the pesukim gave me great chizuk. I gained a lot from learning these pesukim and really visualizing and feeling the experience. Specific details will touch different people; I am struck by …
This morning I went grocery shopping. The spy-girl energy was undeniable as I walked into the store hours before I’m usually up, in a mask and gloves, scoping out the territory. The store wasn’t empty (eeps) but what struck me was the silence. We all just wanted to get through our lists and skedaddle. And we were all afraid to …
Well, with so much time on my hands this month, you’d think I would have plowed through a stack of books…but, no. I did start a whole bunch, and also comfort-read passages out of Anne’s House of Dreams and The Blue Castle, both by L.M. Montgomery, but I only actually finished four: Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of …
It goes without saying that life will never be the same. We are living through a moment in history unlike anything we’ve experienced in our lifetimes. And earth-shaking changes like this make most everything else seem trivial by comparison. There will be time to write and talk about other things soon enough (and I intend to, on this blog), but …
How quickly the world turns upside down! Do you even remember life before COVID-19? When I was blogging about stuff like shidduch pictures (lol)? It was another reality…but we will get back there, please G-d! And as Rabbi Manis Friedman said in a video clip I saw, we will have a healthier planet and a nobler human race when we do. …
