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Sunday Wanderings
Today, as part of her preparation to become a Bat Mitzvah, Leah is helping out at Mitzvah Day at our synagogue. (A mitzvah is a “good deed.”) She has a special connection to animals (they all love...
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Delicious Moments
image via a sweet spoonful It all started with a blueberry loaf. My delightful cousin Sara came over to pick up something I was sharing with her, and in exchange, she left a homemade blueberry loaf. I...
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Doing It Wrong On Purpose
image by schossow 9691 Leah is twelve years old and we have not talked about sex. Or drugs. Or smoking. Or drinking. According to every popular parenting blog, or philosophy, or opinion, I am doing it...
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An Incomplete Win
This isn’t the post I was prepared to write. And, oddly, that is both a good and a bad thing. Leah’s bat mitzvah is at the end of March. During the service, for the first time in her life, she will...
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Stupidly Enlightening
Over the weekend, I did something colossally stupid – and very enlightening. I accidentally took Benjamin’s ADD medication – and some of his anti-anxiety medication, too. I know. It astounds even me....
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Join Us
Leah rehearsing Next weekend, all of Leah’s hard work is going to pay off. See, I’ve explained to Leah that next week, around noon on Saturday, when all the hard parts of the service are behind her,...
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Swimmy Bat Mitzvah: The Aftermath
She did it. And it was spectacular. I cannot begin to tell you all the wonderfulness that happened this weekend, but as soon as I find the words, I will. Until then, these are the words I said to Leah...
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Just Learn Something And Then Get Home
Dear Universe, Tomorrow at 4am (FOUR AY EM), Leah will arrive at the airport to get on a plane to start a week-long spring trip with her school to Virginia and Washington, D.C. She will tour all the...
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Swimmy Turns 13
Dear Leah, Today you woke up thirteen. It’s funny, because your bat mitzvah was a few months ago, in my head I’d sort of already thought you were thirteen. So, here we are, on your ACTUAL birthday,...
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Because We Fail
image via the fresh exchange (Iink) Real talk: I’m having one of those moments when I know I have rather sucked as a parent. Contrary to many pretty, shiny blogs out there in the parenting space, these...
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