Happy 40th Anniversary to Us!

This coming Monday marks 40 years since I married the man of my dreams.  A lifetime ago and yet it seems like just yesterday.  There aren’t enough words in any language to describe how grateful, happy and joyous I feel.  We married very young, yes, but somehow, we’ve managed to grow, sometimes apart, but mostly...

The Shingles Vaccine and Reflections on Life

Last week, despite my best intentions and professional drive to meet a deadline, I just couldn’t make it.  Felled by side effects from the second of two shingles vaccines, I lay on the couch with fever, chills, aches, headache, fatigue and a very sore shoulder.  Sounds delightful, no?  Seriously, this is the first time I’ve...

Can Honest Friendship Save the World?

Recently my best friend recommended a podcast to me called, “Call Your Girlfriend.”  It is hosted by two millennial women who are close friends and live on opposite sides of the country.  Their topics are engaging and hip, very conversational and their chemistry is fun.  I enjoy listening from the vantage point of someone old...

What to do When Time Hands You a Windfall

Have you ever had a windfall of time blow into your life? I’m talking about time you thought was planned out and accounted for, but then something intervenes that scuttles those plans?  That happened to me and my husband last week.  We had a planned short weekend trip to see some family.  Our bags were...

Warning: Neuroses Ahead

Aging is a tricky thing.  Not only does it mess with the body, it also messes with the mind.  And often those two things are at cross-purposes.  I realize I’m not the first person to come up with this notion, but it is happening to me, for the first time. In my Jewish tradition, it’s...

How Pilates Helped me Overcome Childhood Trauma

Today I had the opportunity to participate in an annual health and wellness fair at the company where my husband works.  This was my second year and I really enjoyed it.  As an extrovert, pretty much any time I get to interact with large amounts of people all at once, I’m in my happy place. ...

A Precious Gift

This week I was given a gift.  It came from an obvious place, but is nonetheless precious.  You see, the last couple of weeks I’ve been feeling a bit down.  Not seriously depressed, just blah.  I guess if I were writing a country song I’d say I’ve had the blues.  Perhaps my mood mirrors the...

How to Find the Magic In You

I restarted this blog for several reasons.  The obvious one is that I love to write.  When I sit down at my computer and get started, I feel calm and yet excited.  It’s an actual physical sensation of pleasure and I feel my brain, which is often swirling with thoughts and feelings, become organized.  Whatever...

Welcome to the Inside of my Brain

This past week has been a strange one.  Lots of mainly mundane transitions, but transitions nonetheless.  I’ve also started educating myself on this blogging artform and while it’s always invigorating to learn new things, I find my thoughts spinning.  And to top it all off, I’m waiting anxiously for news from my daughter about a...

Freedom from a Narrow Place

Tonight I will sit down with family and friends to participate in the tradition of the Passover Seder.  For the most part, the ritual is the same every year: retelling the story of the exodus from Egypt so future generations will remember it and keep retelling it.  But why bother? The Jewish people have a...