Breathing Space

 There used to be this post going around how at different points in life you want different things, but you don't have them when you wan...

My older boys are sitting at the computer, typing up a shareable spreadsheet of what they would hypothetically want. It was my idea, whe...

I had a twenty-four-hour whirlwind out of town trip for a wedding. I went solo. No children, no schedules, no reminders. It was jam-packed w...

Slowly but surely, I am entering a new stage of my life. 5 year old transitioned to showers on his own, so I only have one child to wash. 3 ...

My oldest did not stay up for the second Seder, at all. My daughter, 8yo, stayed up for both sedarim, but we were paid back in an abundant...

I attended a yoga class today. I have not been to yoga since last spring. We are JCC members and that membership includes free group class...

I signed up for a drawing class with 11 yo. We signed up together because he expressed a rare interest in doing something outside of his com...

I finally got around to reading " No Drama Discipline " based on a recommendation of a friend. I am reading the book and nodding m...

Hey, Remember when you thought you had it all figured out? When you were sure that the future is bright? When you knew all the answers, an...

Today was supposed to be hiking day. There was nothing scheduled until the evening, kids start school the following week, I need to get int...

I know it's the end of May. I know that most people have decided long ago what they will be doing with their kids the following school y...

Dear G-d, if this was supposed to be a joke, I am not finding it to be funny. Two weeks ago I heard the rabbi speak in shul on the subject...

As you are running late and loading the kids into the car, you discover a cup of milk that baby left in the car seat from yesterday. And y...

I've sent my baby girl to school. (I have been working on a blog post about sending kids to school, but it does not seem to get material...

My G-d, I'm tired. So, so essentially, weary in my bones . My soul is tired. My whole being is tired. We've moved into the nei...

After a lot of hand-wringing, phone calls, e-mails and just things falling all over the place. I signed up 12 yo for online school for Judai...

We were supposed to move, to a bigger house, in another neighborhood. I spent most of the summer packing, decluttering, and dealing with all...

Yesterday my 3 yo woke up wet. He is potty-training, and he did not get the full hang of it yet. So I washed him, stripped his bed, washed h...

seder table 5:30 erev pesach My older boys were born right around Pesach. 3 yo was born three weeks before Pesach, and the baby (who jus...

So what am I doing with those older boys? I am calling it a taekwondo/chumash year. They are clearly progressing and achieving in taekwond...