My son forgets. He forgets that he’s sharing the bath soap with three other people, and it’s not okay to squirt water into an almost new bottle. He forgets that one should not take a pair of scissors to a pair of uniform pants that costs almost thirty dollars, and snip it so that it…

Anger possesses no logic, but owns a mind of her own, sharing with me imaginative situations compelling me to believe they will occur.   That I need to act fast, chase the demons in my life away, eradicate structures I’ve built for they are now (supposedly) injurious to my well-being.   Anger expects me to…

I’d like to quote an excerpt from the Horev written by Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch. I like how he clearly explains what compassion is and isn’t, and how to sensitize ourselves to others in a healthy manner so that we can become truly compassionate without becoming helpless. “Compassion is the feeling of sympathy which the…

* This prayer is loosely translated from the Hebrew original; I did my best to keep the meaning of the words the same. Blessed are you, King of all Kings, the Holy one, Blessed are you, Master of the world, Orchestrator of all the world, Thank you! Thank you for the many thousands of times…

Studying Judaism in Israel for a year has been  my dream for a long while, even more so since my first visit there last  year. I’ll try to explain why I feel that way by relating the following incident. My family and I visited the Martef Hashoah in Jerusalem, where we saw some of the…

I do not like to write – I like to have written. Gloria Steinem I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I must admit, I have fallen into the joy of writing them. Anne Rice The best style is the style you don’t notice. Somerset Maugham The scariest…

I started this blog because I wanted to be able to share my poems with others with the hope that doing so will keep me inspired to write more. I’m encouraged by the positive feedback I hear from those who read my blog and my book. I hope to continue writing about self-care for moms…