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Jun 10 2013
I Need to Stop Yelling at My Kids
Occasionally I like to think about the kind of mom I want to be and the kind of mother I actually am. Am I calm and compassionate? Overprotective? Who do my boys see? Last week when I asked myself this … Continue reading →
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Feb 18 2013
Explaining to My Son Why Some People Don’t Think I’m Jewish
Last week when I was at the JCC, I saw a girl I knew from our old Ultra Orthodox community. Not thinking twice about it, I took the boys over to say hi. She saw us coming and walked toward … Continue reading →
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Dec 26 2012
Welcome to Oversharers Not-So-Anonymous
I am that mom. If you have a Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or a blog, you know the kind of mom I’m talking about. The one whose posts constantly contain some halfway funny anecdote about her children. Whose photo albums are … Continue reading →
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Dec 14 2012
Sharing Family Stories–The Time is Now
A few months ago I asked my grandparents to tell me some of their old stories. I can’t say exactly what made me think to ask, though knowing them has always been important to me. I’ve never seemed to have … Continue reading →
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Dec 10 2012
The Other (Better) Side of Divorce
My parents separated over 18 years ago and since that time, my younger brother and I have seen three marriages between them and one more divorce. We’ve gotten six step-siblings, lived in seven houses, and many times struggled with finding … Continue reading →
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Nov 27 2012
What Homeschooling Actually Entails
When I was pregnant with my oldest son I made him a promise, and his brother after him, that I would do my best to give them happy childhoods full of wonder and magic, that I would prepare them for … Continue reading →
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Nov 14 2012
I Shouldn’t Have to Explain Why I Homeschool
This year, when all of the kids our son’s age were entering pre-k, my husband and I made the final preparations on our plan to homeschool. We looked into all of our options and decided that, while homeschooling is by … Continue reading →
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Nov 8 2012
I’m Not Going to Make My Kids Weight Crazy
Last week my mother came to visit us for the first time in almost a year. Because my kids know my father and his wife (who I lovingly refer to as my second mom) so well, I was very excited … Continue reading →
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Nov 1 2012
Surviving Shabbat At the (Ultra-Orthodox) In-Laws
“I’d rather shove a fork in my eye.” That was my response when my husband said his parents called and asked if we’d like to come spend the last Shabbat of Sukkot with them in the ultra-Orthodox community my husband, … Continue reading →
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Oct 18 2012
Explaining My Jewish Family to My Christian Parents
When I was in middle school, I was lying on the couch one day reading a book when my dad walked through the living room. He asked if I’d done my study guide for a test I had the next … Continue reading →
