Sometimes I just can't keep quiet. When there are signs everywhere I look telling me that it's no longer political but personal, I feel compelled to speak out. I don't need an argument. I don't need to hear your side anymore. I don't even need to tell you mine. I just need to scream for … Continue reading Final Scream
Category: Leaving Orthodoxy
The Lonely Love of Faith
I walk the lonely road… twisting…turning…forever changing… and as I wander… I believe…I doubt…I question…I yearn…I want. He walks…on a different road… twisting and turning in ways I don't always understand… with a belief…a doubt…a question…a yearning…a want…so different from mine. Sometimes we meet…at a fork in the road. He goes right…I go left… our … Continue reading The Lonely Love of Faith
Black and White and Green All Over
It's hard to write this. I don't really want to, but I saw something today that made me realize there are people out there that cannot say what I am going to say, but desperately need to. So I'm voicing it. A few days ago, my husband took my daughter to the bus. We need … Continue reading Black and White and Green All Over
Truths
Today I saw myself differently. I saw how others see me...how others misunderstand me...how others judge me... And I understood why. Not because I am secure...confident...in who I am...or what I believe... But because I am honest...about who I am...and what I believe... And I refuse to pretend. I saw how it can hurt...to feel … Continue reading Truths
Snip…Snip…Snip.
Tomorrow... It's not his birthday, not yet. But my mother is here and I want to share this with someone. Besides, gan starts soon and I don't want to have to worry about lice. So we're cutting his hair tomorrow. Just a small little ceremony. Get to the barber at 7:30 so we're the first … Continue reading Snip…Snip…Snip.
Colloquially Speaking 