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5 metaphors that describe my working motherhood right now
Just for fun, because I just finished working and it’s after 10pm, here are five metaphoric-idiomic examples I can think of off the top of my head that describe my experience right now as a fairly...
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Happy International Women’s Day to me.
Here’s how I found out today is International Women’s Day: My classy huz. And I suppose I was in a celebratory mood since all I ate before noon was a yogurt mixed with Fiber 1, which the marketing...
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Questions I answer for my kids on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Winner of this year’s national Poster Competition for Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day. I’m not against the early, introductory Holocaust education of nursery and kindergarten aged kids....
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New parenting level unlocked: Israeli school children on Yom HaZicaron
Here’s the scene. A mother is playing out her son’s childhood through a laundry metaphor. First the onesie. Then the tzitzit. School uniform shirt. Pants. Teenager jeans. Button down shirt. Army...
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The impossible quest.
It was exactly two years ago that I started my current job, director of marketing at a fast-paced startup in a relatively new yet traditional industry. It was also exactly two years ago that I was...
View ArticleThe Harry Potter themed 9 3/4 birthday
I threw my son a Harry Potter themed birthday party for his 9 3/4 birthday. Yes, that's actually 3 months before his real birthday. And I did it because I am a genius and have unlocked Parenting Level:...
View ArticleHammock for one.
It gets harder every year. Yom HaShoah. Yom HaZicaron. Every year the ticking accelerates. Every year I realize all over again how important it is to not take any of it for granted. Every hug, every...
View ArticleFellow working moms – it gets better.
I came home from the office one day last week and had this realization. It's gotten better. Or... it becomes *different* as the kids get older, and so much becomes more tolerable, doable, and you know...
View ArticleTired.
I don't know why this notice is any different. They're all exactly the same. .הורים יקרים The joke is that those are the two scariest words in the Hebrew language right now. Dear parents. I'm tired....
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