Last Thursday for the first time in my life I stood on a stage as a WRITER and “performed” an essay in front of around 500 people. And I survived! My heart was pounding in my chest as the two fantastic cast members ahead of me went up one by one. Soon it was my…
I’m a little too good at keeping my world small and simple. It’s a control thing. I suffer from the need for that– for the sense, however false, that I have a handle on all the spinning plates, that nothing will blindside me. I’ve always been like that, even before I had kids. Whatever tiny…
This week I’m over at a very cool blog called 3 Things for Mom where each day a different blogger offers a “truth,” a “tip,” and a “find.” I’m following some big shoes so I hope it’s received well over there! My truth deals with what I consider the essential key to good friendship. My…
We are now at the final installment of the This is Childhood series with the thoughtful Lindsey Mead’s observations of a ten-year-old. Hard to believe that ten weeks went by so quickly. I know that Lindsey and anyone else with a ten-year-old would say the same for ten years! Lindsey often discusses her struggle with the…
We’re inches from the end of the This is Childhood series, reminding me how having an eight-year-old means his non-tween/teen years will not last forever. This week Denise will dazzle you with her snapshot of nine on her blog, Universal Grit. From Denise’s essay: Abby is Nine. Her experiences contain threads of both the universal as…
Welcome! I am a freelance writer living in Minneapolis with my husband and four children. My essays on parenting, social media etiquette, improving my habits, Jewish life and more appear in the Huffington Post, Kveller.com, The Jewish Daily Forward and elsewhere. I'm glad you found your way here!
