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  • Coronavirus and Passover: Tips for keeping everyone safe and healthy

    Passover is one of my favorite times of year because I get to gather with my family to participate in a seder lead by my father. I enjoy the communal spirit in partaking in rituals observed by our ancestors and passing on these traditions to my children. Given the spread…

  • The five judgmental people you are bound to meet as a parent

    When you become a parent, you enter a world that is nothing but loving, supportive and judgement free. Just kidding. While, I certainly hope you have at least a small group that fits the aforementioned description, chances are as you will encounter several sanctimonious people who believe they know best,…

  • African-centric foundation inspired by young Malawian who “harnessed the wind”

    Necessity is the mother of invention, or so goes the famous quote from the Ancient Greek philosopher Plato.  Yet, while necessity might be the mother, sometimes, it takes a child’s dream, determination and fortitude to bring that invention to life. William Kamkwamba was one such boy. When a severe famine…

  • Nutella, white chocolate bring fun twist to traditional hamantaschen

    Purim is almost here, and that means hamantaschen. Yum! So what is Purim anyway? Well the story is a bit more complicated than this, but essentially the holiday celebrates the freeing of the Jews of Persia from a hateful decree by the king’s advisor, Haman. Haman? Hamantaschen? Are they related?…

  • If moms were on “The Circle”

    A little late to the party, I know, but I’m finally watching “The Circle” on Netflix, and I am hooked. For the unfamiliar, “The Circle” is reality competition, which pits together a bunch of millenials in an attempt to see who’s the savviest social-media master. Contestants live in a giant…

  • Bringing babies to the office isn’t “working”

    Every so often I come across a post about some company’s generous policy of allowing new parents to bring their babies to work with them. Usually the praise for the family-focused policy is accompanied by a picture of a smiling baby, happily sitting in a baby seat while mom goes…

  • Boston nonprofit helps child heart patients and their families

    It’s the flicker of a heartbeat on that first sonogram, showing a healthy baby is growing inside you. Later, it’s the 20-week scan, relieving fears and worries, when baby’s heart is shown to be strong and developing properly. Throughout, pregnancy and after birth, we moms know a healthy heart is…

  • We all contribute to our families’ success

    “Who has more bills, you or daddy?” My son asked me, while we were chatting in the kitchen. “Neither of us do,” I answered. “Dad may pay a certain amount to use the gym, and I may pay a certain amount on my dance class, but we share a budget,…

  • To the moms who pump at work, we see you

    I never intended to be a stay-at-home mom, so when it came time for me to return to work a few months after my oldest was born, I knew pumping would be a major part of my experience as a working mom. Luckier than most, though far from ideal, I…

  • Simple, flavorful roasted cauliflower

    I eat a (mostly) vegetarian diet, which means produce plays an important part of my diet. Living with a bunch of meat-loving boys (my husband included), meant that I was often left eating my veggies on my own. Over the years we’ve been together, I have shown my husband that…