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Category: Think

  • Time to toss the pregnancy book

    As someone who tends towards brevity, I am surprised at how hard it is to succinctly describe the birth of my second son. I just can’t wrap my brain around what happened. I can barely make sense of my first son’s birth.

  • On Yom Hashoah, 5 lessons for my son on antisemitism

    Thousands of Jewish teens marching together in a show of solidarity and triumph, proving that, despite his best efforts, Hitler failed his mission to eliminate an entire people. We are still here.

  • Sometimes a cup is just a cup

    My latest feature on “The Good Men Project” discusses the arbitrariness of color choice for boys and girls, and how sometimes it’s about making a practical decision. Read the full story here.

  • If Cersei Lannister were a mommy blogger

    It is a lonely life for the Queen Regent who will do anything to protect her family. There’s the stress of fighting nasty rumors, dealing with uncontrollable children and fighting off would be usurpers. Sometimes a lady needs to vent. I think if Cersei were around today, she would be…

  • The beauty of rituals

    When I think about what I love so much about being Jewish, the answer always comes back to rituals and traditions. My favorite holiday, Passover, which millions of Jews will begin observing on Friday, is arguably the most ritual – laden of them all. The centerpiece of the holiday is…

  • 7 things I have wondered while watching kids’ shows

    Between the brutal winter and an exhausting pregnancy, I have had a lot of time over the past few months to watch children’s television with my two-year-old. Much of the time I tune it out, after a while of hearing the same theme songs on repeat, your mind begins to…

  • 5 things to toss along with your sweatpants to ensure a happy marriage

    Ryan Gosling’s baby mama, aka Eva Mendes, has declared sweatpants as the number one cause of divorce. Phew! Tossed mine out just in time. However, I am left wondering what other things I need to stop wearing in order to ensure a happy marriage.

  • When two slobs birth a neat freak

    Before his bath one night, my son looked at the tub and said, “yucky, ” while making a wiping motion with his hand. He refused to go in for his bath until he was satisfied the tub met his standards. It was in that moment that I knew I was…

  • Do you kiss yourself in the mirror

    My son loves his reflection. Even when he thought the person staring back at him was another awesome baby, he would squeal and smile whenever his “friend” came to visit. Now that he is old enough to understand that it is in fact himself staring back at him, he loves…

  • Are you there, mom? It’s me, with an awkward question

    Judy Blume, the generation-defining author behind such classics as Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Blubber, turned 77 today. Though I wasn’t an avid reader of her books, there was one she wrote that will forever be ingrained in my memory as one of the most integral parts of…