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The Story Behind Our Big Move

(Originally written for the Embrace Magazine, Issue 14) “Want to go away for Shabbos this week?”  After ten years of marriage, I’m no longer surprised by my husband’s spontaneous—and to my mind, often wild—ideas.  “Where to?” I ask.  “There’s this place upstate that needs new shluchim. They want us to come this week to check… Continue reading The Story Behind Our Big Move

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There’s a war in Israel, and I’m not at the rallies

“How are you doing?” my friend asks me, “I mean, with everything that's going on…” I pause for a moment.  “I’m fine, Boruch Hashem.” I muster. “Really, more or less the usual.”   Honestly, I'm not really following what's going on. That is, what's going on outside of my never-ending and all-encompassing role of mothering my… Continue reading There’s a war in Israel, and I’m not at the rallies

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Getting enough help… when you really don’t think you can

I have always struggled with cleaning help. With a household of eight, husband who works full-time, and a part time job myself, there's lots of action, lots of mess, and too little cleaning up. I wish I could say it's just the deep cleaning that doesn't happen, but... that wouldn't be totally accurate. Do I… Continue reading Getting enough help… when you really don’t think you can