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I’m sitting here in my office, feeling like I just gave birth. Physically, mentally, spiritually. I’m getting messages from participants telling me th...
When it comes to the workshops or courses I offer, I generally give deadlines for registration. A date to sign up by. A clear line that says now or ne...
Over Shabbos, I played Mommy to my two year old niece, Talya. I was spending the weekend with some of my siblings and this little one kept finding her...
For every mom who saw it coming.... Happy whatever you want to call this day Kindred.
You ever had one of those moments with your kid?
The moment of t...
So apparently I run a cult now.
It seems that when you stop offering unlimited access to every person who emails, texts, or wants to “pick your brain...
This feels like a strange email to send today.
Because by the time it reaches you, I’ll be thousands of miles away from the desk where I wrote these ...
My little one is a leftie.Â
Is it just me, or is that one of those things mothers notice right away - the first time their kids pick up scissors or l...
No, seriously.Â
So many of you actually asked for the story about how and why I do this thing where I have Shabbos ready by chatzos (essentially noon...
I held my breath,
Sure that the angry condemnations were coming.Â
I had just spent Friday night curled up in the corner of our L-shaped couch with m...
My toddler is in the no stage.Â
Except he doesn’t say no.Â
He has this hilarious way of proclaiming, “But I don't” as if that’s a complete sentence ...
A long time ago, when I was known by another name, I wrote an article for Mishpacha’s Family First about the pain of my child being rejected from seve...
Parenting is weird.
Today I’m breathing a sigh of relief even as my heart aches and my stomach clenches with anxiety.Â
My baby just left for camp.Â
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