I started coming out when I was about 15. I wasn’t even sure what I was coming out as. I knew I liked men, but I also knew I liked girls. Or I kinda wanted…
The Pain of Silence
I knew that converting through an Orthodox community would be a challenge, I knew it would turn upside-down everything I thought I knew. I’d have to study hard, I’d have to change all kinds of…
Misunderstood Development
Dear loved one, I fell in love with you, not your illness. I know you are much more than your condition, but do you? They say love stems from giving. I have never felt a…
Funny Thing About Strength
There’s a funny thing about strength, determined by how much Just one force of matter Can hold up another. How much weight. How many multiplications of said weight. That ability which grows over time With…
My Father the Shaliach
Most of you know my father. You know him as that happy, warm and welcoming Shaliach. Always ready to lend a hand no matter what, from helping shlep boxes to having a deep meaningful conversation…
Foresaken Treasures
My destination is calling me. I’m in a rush. So much to do, so little time. It’s always one step forward, Three steps back. Will I ever make it? I don’t even recall Where I’ve…
Monsters and Men
I’m afraid of you I didn’t used to be But now it’s been too long since the last time I was forced into giving up pieces of myself It’s been too long since you’ve attacked,…
I Surrender
“I surrender to you, king” because you are alive and I am…not you stand firm and I do not climbing every day except the bad days falling the whole day “I surrender to you, king.”…
The Convert
I used to love reading Jewish books. I used to love learning more about Judaism, learning more about the wisdom of the Torah. I used to love it so much, that I spent all my…
Never Felt So Alone
I have a husband, 3 children, over 300 Facebook friends and of course I have many non Facebook friends, yet I feel alone. How can that be? I talk with my friends and family daily,…