Common Doesn’t Mean Normal: Rethinking Pregnancy and Postpartum
My Story “Don’t worry, it’s normal.” That’s what a kindhearted midwife once told me when I came to her with scary, uncomfortable symptoms during and after my fifth pregnancy. She meant well. She was being honest. She wanted me to know what to “expect.” But here’s the truth: just because something is common doesn’t mean […]
Getting down to the real business called “LIFE”
A Message from the Heart this Chodesh Av Over the past couple of weeks, I decided to gently press pause on “business talk.” I needed time to focus inward — on the truly important things: my role as a wife, a mother, and a Jewish woman striving to live with more intention and connection. But […]
I thought I was falling apart, but I was actually being rebuilt
Now, this is a story that only Hashem could make up.. A little over a year ago I was asked to add “Playgroup Morah” to my list of titles, or what I would now call “professions”. So I said “SURE!” I saw it as an exciting opportunity! I could express my creativity and I’d have […]
A mother’s teshuva — How to Turn Motherhood Regrets into Redemption
If You Could Step Back in Time If you could step back into your motherhood years and do it again — would you?Not to erase the mess or the tears, but to cherish them more. One day, the little faces we see every morning will be just faces in old photographs. What if we could […]
Our Father, our King
Declaring Hashem/G-d as King… We all know it… We really mean it… We really, truly want to be better… We all know that Hashem is the only one who we need to answer to, that He’s the only one in charge of everything in our lives… Wouldn’t it be so nice to come into Rosh […]