It’s finally here, tomorrow is the big day, where we pack up AN, and all her stuff, and drive her up to school. It’s hard to believe she’ll be starting college. Seems like just yesterday she was a little girl, and now she’s all grown up and going out to make her way in the [...]
There is nothing more magical than watching snow blanket the world in white. Sledding, snowballs and snowmen, followed by chilly fingers, hot cocoa, and snow gear tossed in the dryer, warming up for the next round of outdoor fun, are favorite childhood memories. Unfortunately the last decent snow we had was about six years ago, [...]
Not so much a post about mitzvot per se, but this article was linked from another blog I read, Treppenwitz, and I found it very timely.
I am the recipient of generations of parental anxiety, and am very guilty myself of being an overly worried parent. It is my fondest desire to see that my children [...]
This year it feels like we have been plagued with illness. Must be the third or fourth time the children have been sick in the past 6 months. Fortunately it has been nothing serious, but it sure isn’t any fun!
Right now both the boys are sick. JA started coughing last week, and he is still [...]
Had a very interesting discussion tonight on mitzvot at shul. We talked primaily of tzedakah, often translated charity, and gemilut chasadim, or acts of loving kindness. Part of the dicussion concerened the levels of tzedakah, with the second highest being where both the giver and the reciever are unknown to each other.
In that vien I [...]
AN and I took a glass crafting class where we made our own glass paperweights. You can get an idea of the process we used here at this site.
AN’s turned out very well, probably the best of any made in the class. Mine was ok, a bit off kilter, which is rather apropos, but it was [...]