The world in first couple of weeks after a new baby are something akin to nuclear apocalypse: time freezes, the rest of the world disappears, and nothing else exists except you and the baby. When there’s only one baby, it’s remotely do-able on your own, provided you have a supportive spouse who is willing […]

I don’t know what happened, but I turned around today and realized that I’ve gone from “adorably pregnant” to “smuggling a cannon under her shirt”. I am seriously huge. This is not necessarily a bad thing, considering that I’ve only gained about 15 pounds or so in this pregnancy, but I loathe to think […]

So much has happened in just the past two weeks alone I feel like I’m in an entirely different life now, which I suppose is true in a way.

A couple of weeks ago, I started thinking about the possibility of returning to work after L.B. is born and I realized that the prospect […]

We are having the Motherload of all sick days.

The day before yesterday I came home from work to find Yonah, flushed and glassy-eyed, listlessly resting in Shuie’s lap. Needless to say he had a fever that kept him up overnight. The fever continued into yesterday, eventually spiking at 104.3. This was not the […]

I’m reading a book called “Raising a Child with Soul” by Slovie Jungreis-Wolff, daughter of the renowned teacher Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis. For years, Rebbetzin Jungreis has taught a weekly parsha class at the Hineni Heritage Center on West End Avenue in New York City, right around the corner from my parents’ apartment. My mother […]

Something has come into my life that has changed it forever: Spaghetti Squash. I think I’ve had it once before but the stars were not aligned then as they were the other night when I sat down to dinner. It was a simple experiment — halve and gut the squash, bake rind-up at 450 […]

It is so refreshing to have a REAL Sunday after Shabbos, a day to relax, get settled, unpack and clean up. My stepdaughters Sima Ellie and Huvi are here with us this weekend, so all the “settling in” stuff is basically on hold until they go home tonight. We’re not quite snowed in, but […]

Whoa.

After a 12-hour flight, an overnight stay in New York and a 7-hour drive in the snow, we have finally arrived at the Cape. I am way too bombed to feel much of anything except a craving for sleep and a few hours’ respite from parenthood. Within an hour or so of our […]

As John Mayer croons in the background, I am taking a much-needed break from cleaning, packing and tending to all of the little details that are part of moving. Our kitchen table has become a (pretty artful, thank you very much) display of all of our kitchenware; we’re selling everything today and tomorrow and […]

As our last Shabbat in the holy land comes to a close, an unexpected melancholy has settled on me. While I’m no longer struggling with the decision to leave, the closing of another chapter of my life is a sad thing. I have had some challenges here, but there were also some wonderful experiences […]