A Peek in My Head
I was at a relatives house and they were making my crazy! Everything I saw made me wince, and I found myself having conversations in my head with them about what they needed to do differently. Externally,my relationship with them was nice enough, but strained. I just couldn’t relax. I felt like they […]
Video: How to tie a Tichel – “Let’s start at the Very Beginning”
Tying the Classic – it’s pretty basic, but its good to be reminded about the basics! If you wear your tichel like this,you may want to try adding that second ribbon for decoration. I cannot tell you enough about the joy of color. I’ve resisted so far talking about the “Black Epidemic.” But I will […]
Those Little Angels
6 Am in the morning , I walked into my daughter’s room and she was gone. Gone. Really gone. Gone from her bed, gone from her room, gone from all her siblings rooms and gone from the whole house. I woke my husband up. “This is real,” I said “She’s not here”. Outside it […]
“Baby, I love you!”
I say what I’m about to say not because I think I’m some kind of expert. And not even because I’ve watched my parents beautiful marriage – and they still dance in the kitchen. I say this because I’m reflecting back what 9 out of 10 young couples have told me and I can’t […]
Love and Loss OR Bitter Hearts and Better Hearts
Has anyone out there experienced loss? This one’s for you [written when my heart was broken] Not all gifts are meant to last occasionally, a tree will bear some fruit, then stagnate with no continuity And then the fruit – and not the tree in small delicious bites is the true […]
Wanted: Passionate Elephants!! – video
Wow! This is a great story! Horton is chased to the ends of the earth, shamed, exhausted and beaten – and he does it all for the little speck – of – dust- city on the clover. Now that’s an elephant with passion! But noone gets it. He looks so strange Nothing he says can […]
1,000’s of People Didn’t Wake up Today!
I learned a while ago about hisbodidus, spending time in personal prayer with G-d. And for the longest time I would take a daily meditative walk. I walked every day. I can’t stand the snow, and I can’t stand the cold but the winter was the best. I would spend the first half of the […]
Only One You
A few months ago, I was sitting on the couch with my older sister, Chana Ita, and she says “Rif, you’re here” and she gestures with her hands, kind of belly level. “But you could be here” and she gestures about a foot higher. What the heck did she mean? I felt […]
