Breathing Space

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...

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...

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...

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'm grocery shopping, and in between tomatoes and hummus, I place a yortzait candle. My father's yortzait is coming up. Isn't th...

Normal people who blog, blog semi-regularly. They stick to a subject. The work on building an audience and then maintain it by giving over w...

How easy and pleasant it was to be in a large classroom with one student, or two, or three--even four or five. Above five was when the noise...