Breathing Space

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...

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...

We have been having some really great days with 8 yo. No, we have not changed anything that I can say. Daddy has been around a bit more, and...

Sugar and spice and everything nice... No, this is not my daughter. This is how we like to portray girls as a society. But even aidel ...

I was working on something with 9 yo when 7 yo told me he was having hard time with math. I told him to skip ahead and that I will help him ...

Today we hit a roadblock with 7 yo regarding chumash. We are at 16th pasuk, the one where Paro gives Avram gifts because of Sarai. I tried m...

Today's school: soring legos by size and kind davening trip to the wastewater treatment plant lunch with friends trampoline makin...

It's two o'clock and we are finished. I think, for today, I got a good balance of "things to do" and "things which wi...

Yesterday was a marvelous day and today was a total disaster. Let me start with yesterday. It was Sunday. My husband was not on call. He t...

This past Shabbos, R. Chanoch Teller was a guest speaker in our shul. He gave a class about being a mentch (an admirable person). He started...

In today's news I got an answer as to what happens when  a kid throws a major tantrum  in school. This is in Georgia. I am just saving m...

Today was first back-to-school day after a long Pesach hiatus. But is was definitely not first day of learning, in fact, it might have hinde...