This morning my close friend who is going out of town for a week has asked me to water her front lawn while she’s gone. When I heard her request I must admit I laughed as it wasn’t what I’d expected. I knew this friend was a regular nurturer of… Read More
This week my friend and I celebrate our first “learn-a-versary!” (That’s the anniversary of when we started to learn together!) Elena Polyak-Duke and I first spoke by phone on July 7, 2020. We are officially part of Partners-in-Torah (PIT), a program that matches up pairs of Jewish women from across the… Read More
At first I wanted to title this post “Setting up a support system,” but I changed it to “Embrace a Support System” because so often we are offered support by others, but we either push them away or don’t reach out for more. We need to accept support like the… Read More
This week, some friends from high school and I were informed about the tragic and untimely passing the previous night of a mutual classmate, Heidi Weisel. As messages flew back and forth between us expressing our sadness and shock about Heidi (who went by Chanie in high school), we grappled… Read More
Some time has passed since we had our Jewish High Holidays – an excellent time for self-improvement in September and October. Through the fourteen or more festive meals over the Jewish Holidays in September and October, I found myself running Hotel Hendeles with my children and grandchildren around me. I’ve… Read More
