Summary: For Mother’s Day 2011, I had an ideal of how everything would play out. Simon and I would make a bright yellow duckling costume with yellow wings. Simon had other ideas and taught me a lot about motherhood as a result. I wrote about the experience in an essay for Kveller.com, a New York-based parenting website.
My 4-month-old baby boy nestled in my arms, I walked into the sanctuary hoping to discreetly slip back into a seat by my husband.
“Simon,” Rabbi Howard Jaffe called out in his booming voice. “Come join us.”
It was time for the Aleinu prayer, and our temple’s tradition was to invite children to participate and open the doors of the ark.
Take my baby up to the bimah? What was the point?
Summary: We tried a “no gifts” policy for our son’s second birthday party. I wrote about the experience for the Boston Globe magazine’s parenting trap feature.
Summary: In another parenting essay, I write about the decision to deal with our running toddler – without a leash.
Summary: Our son’s enthusiasm for the chocolate chips during baking prompted this essay for the Boston Globe Sunday magazine.
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