Breathing Space

Many years ago, a seasoned homeschool friend told me about homeschooling humps that everyone hits in November and February and how, in...

I came back from Israel from Women's Reconnection trip . It was a trip designed for all of us (nebachs) who did not qualify or otherwise...

There is a sunrise every single day. And every single day it feels like a sin if I am not there when the sun is rising, when the sky starts ...

I discovered the secret to a stress-free Pesach. I have been making Pesach for 15 years, so I had a lot of practice. Listen, the secret is...

Motherhood. Oh, we all know what it is. If you are not a mother yourself, than you were certainly born of one, and that gives you ideas ...

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...

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...

I am tired. Oh so deeply, essentially tired. I don't want to whine about how tired I am. I had a bad night of sleep. 11 yo got braces...

Yesterday, at breakfast that is nowadays a blur of cereal bowls, not-yet-packed lunches and 2 yo asking to be fed, as I hastily slurp my pre...

Motherhood in a nutshell: Ok, let me fix that. I didn't break it. I didn't want it to be broken. I don't want to be fixing t...

New week, new day, drop the kids off at their schools and the time should be yours to relax, right? But your car needs new tires and you kno...

OMG what is that? My baby has been napping for the past hour and the older kids were entertaining themselves (except for one tushie that nee...

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...

Most likely you have heard about Marie Kondo's book, " The Magic of Tidying Up ". Perhaps you have heard about the Mimimalists...

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...

During the past legal holiday, we visited a nursing home. My friend posted that she would like to visit, as a חסד (kindness), but her kids a...

You have one child, and you worry and you fret. You fret about getting out of the house, nursing in public, crying baby, having enough diape...

My kids are in camp this week, and I got an e-mail with a waiver for my daughter's field trip. Here is what it takes to print out a wa...

Today is Mother's Day. Today my husband is on two calls: one during the day and another overnight. No, we did not celebrate with bre...

On Friday I took both boys for their annual check-up. I had to beg the pediatrician to fit us in between their actual birthdays and before t...