2018-01-14 21:29
Dear Chris:Ember brought me one of her stuffed animals today. She said she always wanted to give it to you, because it’s an elephant and you love elephants, but now she can’t giv… Read More
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All things silly and serious from a new mama who is especially interested in making her daughter's life a beautiful and meaningful adventure.
2018-01-14 03:07
It’s been a long time since I’ve written here. For a reason. Life has happened, and death has happened, and change has happened. Big change. It almost feels like my blog was the… Read More
2017-01-12 16:28
Yesterday, as I drove Oren and Erez to daycare, I had NPR on the radio. I don’t often listen to the news on the daycare commute because I am nervous about the kids picking up on bits a… Read More
2016-08-11 19:34
When Erez was born back in February, I was a little worried. After the relatively relaxed and blissful week long stay in the hospital, we transitioned home, and he almost immediately started… Read More
2016-04-03 01:28
If you are even considering getting pregnant with a third child, it is important for you to know certain things.Needless to say, I won't be the only one warning you about how your life will… Read More
2016-04-01 17:22
It is now ten days until my maternity leave ends and I return to work. Part of me feels ready to be reunited with my desk, with my Google calendar and daily emails and responsibilities and d… Read More
2016-03-16 18:02
My five week old son is adorable and is the love of my life, but let's face it, some of his behavior is AT BEST questionable. This morning I spent a few minutes (or maybe more than a few… Read More
2016-03-14 00:35
'And then there were five of us. It's still so strange to me, because for many minutes of almost every day, I still feel like I am my twelve year old self... Just with a job and a few w… Read More
2016-02-10 01:55
Thank you for bringing me to this moment, and for giving me this miracle - I know it is not to be taken for granted. Thank you for the love in my life, my caring and amazing husband, my beau… Read More
2016-02-10 01:55
Thank you for bringing me to this moment, and for giving me this miracle - I know it is not to be taken for granted. Thank you for the love in my life, my caring and amazing husband, my beau… Read More
2015-10-23 00:55
I have always been one of those people who avoids conflict and confrontation like the plague. I grew up in a house where I was the least skilled at arguing and debating, so I didn't bother a… Read More
2015-09-22 20:46
It happens quite often. My birthday coincides with one of the major Jewish holidays pretty much every year. This year, my major milestone 40th birthday will be taking place on the holiday of… Read More
2015-07-18 00:35
I don’t feel like my life has ever followed a predictable script, and I see that as a positive. If I have developed any skill in life, it might be the ability to “roll with… Read More
2015-04-21 03:45
IIt occurred to me tonight, while looking through my past few posts, that I never actually wrote about what getting the DIEP flap surgery was like for me. It's funny because I feel like I ha… Read More
2015-04-02 10:30
Every day, when I pick Ember up from preschool, there is a pile of about 20 drawings in her cubby. I flip through the multi-colored construction paper pages and marvel over her fire-bre… Read More
2015-03-25 01:17
Two years ago, when Angelina Jolie brought national attention to women who are BRCA mutation positive by writing "My Medical Choice" in the New York Times, I was just beginning to think seri… Read More
2015-01-22 01:12
The countdown has begun. My prophylactic mastectomy and reconstructive surgery is coming up awfully soon.My mind is going a little nuts with anticipation, anxiety, excitement… MORE an… Read More
2015-01-10 02:41
Chris and I got called in to Em’s school today to talk to her teacher and pre-school director about some recent observations they have had regarding Emmy. When I got the email, asking… Read More
2014-12-25 01:41
I am kind of OVER making New Year's resolutions. Because I know the way life works, and that if I super-pinky-swear promise myself on December 31st that in 2015 I am going to get back… Read More
2014-12-21 02:23
It's true. I have basically failed as a blogger this past year. So how can I quickly sum up the beauty of a year that has gone by virtually undocumented in writing? Through pictures, of cour… Read More
2014-12-18 02:05
Approximately two minutes after I found out I was BRCA1 positive, I knew I would be planning a preventative surgery to help drastically lower the odds of my getting breast cancer. Knowing th… Read More
2014-12-18 00:50
It was just about four years ago that I flew out to San Jose to see my mother for the last time before she passed away in February of 2011. It was just about four years ago that I got to hug… Read More
2014-06-10 20:59
So, for the first two and a half years of Emmy’s life, she was virtually attached to my hip. Often, she was LITERALLY attached to my hip, clinging to my neck with one arm, shoving her… Read More
2014-04-12 01:24
So, I'm going back to work. Full time.It's such a crazy feeling, to be on the cusp of this major change. I'm elated, on the one hand, because I got offered a job that seems challenging and i… Read More
2014-03-01 01:29
So, the kids are asleep and C is at volleyball. I have the option to use this time wisely in a couple different ways:a) I could go to sleep right now, THIS second, and could try to score mor… Read More
2013-12-20 15:58
This morning, I took Emmy and Oren to a mommy group "festive cookie decorating get-together" at one of the mommy leaders' houses. It was a well-attended event, and by the time the kids and I… Read More
2013-12-19 01:48
I was just about to back out of the driveway, so that we could drop my husband off at his parents' house, when Emmy asked for a snack. I ran inside the house to grab a fruit roll-up.I hate f… Read More
2013-12-12 13:24
On Tuesday we celebrated Oren's first birthday. I can't believe that Oren has been a part of my life, and a part of our family, for ONLY one year. One year ago, I was still pregnant five d… Read More
2013-11-26 01:49
I've made a commitment to myself to make a little video for every birthday our children celebrate. Em's birthday this past year was blurred by other circumstances, but I want to make sure to… Read More
2013-11-23 01:43
Oren is absolutely adorable. He is a huggable, ever-smiling, whip-smart, totally silly boy. He is ALSO a boy who loves causing his mother round-the-clock panic attacks by constantly and quic… Read More
2013-11-20 13:41
So, here is MY version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, which I tell Emmy all the time. In my opinion, my ending is a lot more satisfying than the original. I don't want Em growing up to t… Read More
2013-11-16 00:55
2013-11-15 16:24
I LOVE that my daughter has a vivid imagination. I also DON'T LOVE that my daughter has a vivid imagination. And I really DON'T LOVE that I DON'T LOVE that my daughter has a vivid imaginatio… Read More
2013-11-13 20:25
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