It is motzei shabbos and I’m on a train from another city in the Netherlands to my home in a little city. I’m calling my boyfriend in London to wish him a good week and…
Pain Vs Peace
Happiness comes in shades of colors Trust and you’ll be heartbroken To be happy is to be sad One day at a time is the key to survival One step at a time is to…
In A Blink Of An Eye
Kids were growing up. It was time to move girls on from our trusted male pediatrician to another doctor, a female. Not that we really ever had to visit the doctor’s office too often, thank…
Depression
This weekend depression and I became reacquainted. Depression is an old pal I haven’t seen since February of this year, and when I finally managed to give her the boot and told her she couldn’t…
Hashem Still Loves You, Rabbi
Rabbi, I saw your face in the paper today. If was a mugshot, so different from the face you always showed me. Your eyes were red as if they’d been crying, and in that was…
Hey Pregnant Ladies, Stress Really Does Cause Pre-Term Contractions.
I recently spent the night in the triage room of a poorly managed urban hospital for what was possibly pre-term labor. My contractions had lasted all day, and were regular and getting stronger, and my…
To My Dearest Son
I know that you are really young, only 11 years old. There is something that I wish I can share with you, but I fear telling you about my secret. I can’t burden you with…
The Parentless Kids
Do you know how many motherless and fatherless children are out there? There are so many of them wandering our streets, having no one out there You just don’t know who they are, for they…