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Getting Kids Involved in the Kitchen

Hannukah and Light in a Pandemic

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Laid off Due to COVID-19

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Today, I am thankful, and marveling at the way the

Today, I am thankful, and marveling at the way the world works. ❤️

One year ago today, I was laid off. It was one of the lowest points in my life, a day I still remember in excruciating detail. I had no idea the journey I’d go through over the next 365 days.

It seems like fate, like poetry, that I get my first dose of the vaccine today. It’s a day I’m reclaiming for hope and for optimism. To add to that, Passover starts tonight - a holiday where we celebrate our perseverance, our hope and trust in our faith, our freedom. ✡️

Today is a good day, and there are so many more of them to come. Chag Sameach!

I haven’t posted here in a month. At first, it w

I haven’t posted here in a month. At first, it was just a few days, but as we went into March, I concentrated on getting through the month.

Like so many of you, March of 2020 was traumatic for me. Between the declaration of a pandemic, transitioning to working from home, a school closure that ended up lasting 10 months, and being laid off, I knew going into this month that the anniversaries were coming. I remember so much of those days in detail, and as the month of the calendar turned to March, I knew I would relive them. So I took some time off here.

It helped. The other thing that helped? A small dose of Lexapro, which I started 4 weeks ago today.

I had thought I’d have all these profound thoughts to say about that tiny little pill I take each day. But the truth is, I just feel...better. I feel much more like my old self, and it’s just that simple. Will I take it forever? I don’t know. I’ll take it for as long as I need it.

Today my husband and I celebrated 10 years of marr

Today my husband and I celebrated 10 years of marriage. 🥂

We had always wanted to take a trip this year. I had a plan - a trip away, just the two of us. I wanted to take new photos of us, with our girls, with me in my wedding dress. Needless to say, that just wasn’t in the cards. Maybe next year.

I don’t claim to be an expert on marriage, but I know my own. I know it takes work and understanding, communication and compromise. I know sometimes we drive each other crazy. We’ve had some amazing moments on our marriage and lots of challenging ones (hello 2020). It isn’t perfect, but it’s ours.

Happy Anniversary, babe. Here’s to the next decade. ❤️

Snow day fun for my girls! ⛄️❄️☃️ I ha

Snow day fun for my girls! ⛄️❄️☃️
I had no coal... so the snowman’s eyes are leftover candy from Halloween! 😂

They played for hours... and now are wiped out. Sweet dreams for everyone tonight! 😉😴

#ad Do you get your kids involved in making their

#ad Do you get your kids involved in making their meals? Helping out in the kitchen has always been not only fun for my kids, but a priority. Empowering them to make their own decisions about their meals – and help prepare them – helps set them up for success later on. Ella helps me make her lunches all the time, and often that includes Arnold Organic for Kids White Bread with whole wheat. I feel great about her eating it – and she loves that Disney’s Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse are right on the package! Find out more on the blog! @arnoldbread @MickeyTrueOriginal #MickeyTrueOriginal

I cannot remember a time in my life where I didn’t know about the Holocaust. I don’t even remember the first time I learned about it. It has just always existed as part of my family history, a piece of trauma that lives in our lives, our history, even our genes.

I remember the tattoo on my grandpa’s arm, but not understanding its significance when I was young. To me, he was just my grandpa - my favorite person in the world. I remember my grandma’s fierce independence and her love of walks, which she passed down to me. To me, they were just my grandparents.

I don’t know why or how they survived. I don’t know all the things they had to go through, or how they felt about them. But I do know that them surviving led to me being here today. My daughters, my sisters, my mom - 3 generations of Jews after them. We survived. We were not stamped out.

We are still here.

There are people who discount the Holocaust, still others that use it for their convenience in metaphor, and those who ignore it completely. Antisemitism is growing by the day. It seems like a distant memory, but it is not. It is an ever present part of our culture, and one we cannot fight alone.

You want to learn from the Holocaust? Be our ally. Include Jews in your activism. Listen to us when we point it out, even if it makes you uncomfortable. We need your help.

We need you to remember.

This morning, exactly 10 months after Abbie walked

This morning, exactly 10 months after Abbie walked out of her school building - she finally walked back in.

I cried.

I kept it together for the morning and for the short car ride, for the kiss and hug as I dropped her off and watched her walk toward the building. Then I saw her walk into the building, and all the tears came out.

We have been waiting for this day for months, and I didn’t want to believe it would actually happen. After everything that happened in 2020 and all the times it was pulled out from under us… I couldn’t bring myself to believe it would happen. Until today, when it did.

I know there are so many kids not able to go back to school, and so many parents that don’t feel comfortable sending them. I know there are teachers, administrators, and other school employees that are working harder than ever to make things work as best they can. But today, I am thankful.

I don’t know how long this will last, or when we’ll eventually get back to something resembling normal. For now, I’m just going to be thankful for every single minute she’s in school.

Because under that mask, she has a giant smile.

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