It’s the beginning of the new school year with lots of excitement and opportunity in the air. What will this school year be like? Will it be same? What will be different? I started off the new school year sick. I was knocked down by a bad sinus infection, leaving me sprawled on the couch, unable to move, allowing for too much time to scroll through my Facebook page full of pictures of happy kids on their way to their first day of school. On the one hand, I love this. I get to see all of my friends’ kids,…
It’s Time I Forgave Myself
It’s that time of the year in the Jewish Calendar where we are asked to reflect on the year that has passed and set our intentions, for whom we strive to be in the year to come. I love this time of year and the forced pause to give thought to how I am showing up in this world. In everyday life we don’t always have time to stop and take stock. We move along every day by our task list, our commitments, our priorities. More often then not our own wants, needs and priorities get shoved aside. Sometimes we…
Happy Holidays
Its that time of year again. The holiday lights are up, the music is playing in every store telling us this is a time of joy and celebration. I love watching the lights set up on the trees lighting up the early darkness and the holiday fairs on every corner in NYC. This is a time of year when we get to spend time with family, for me living far away from my family it is mostly a time when I miss their presence. For many of the mothers I meet in my work this time of year is…
Family time- how to survive!
Last week I became an aunt again! My sister had a beautiful baby boy and I could not be more excited about the arrival of the newest addition to the family. But with all the excitement and celebration of his birth, it was also a very clear reminder to me that I live 5000 miles away from home. As I sat watching my new nephew enter in to a covenant with God at his bris, or as it called in English, circumcision ceremony, I watched my family and friends via Skype on my iPad. I am grateful for the technology…