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A Chabad Seder

This year was my husband’s and mine first Passover Seder away from our family. We just moved from the east coast to the Phoenix Arizona area and although I thought I was going to be skipping Seder this year, my husband made other plans. Chabad is very strong in the state of Arizona so my husband found the chapter in a nearby town and gave them a call. We celebrated both nights of Seder with Chabad and it was very nice. We also figured it was time to venture out and begin meeting other people. This worked out well as … Continue reading →

Our Birthday Rituals

Today my baby turns four years old. Four is a bittersweet age. He’s no longer a baby, for sure, but he still wants to be in many ways! He’s bursting with independence but with independence becomes new fears and insecurities. Has it only been four years? Sometimes it seems like an eternity, others like only a fraction of a second. I still remember carrying him to my body from my womb, amazed at what a tiny miracle he was (all 10.5 lbs of him!). Birthdays, no matter what the age though, are always bittersweet for me. They are not just … Continue reading →