This past weekend, I found myself in an increasingly familiar situation; one that I believe is worth examining in more detail as a reflection of universal human behavior. I’m not talking about major parenting decisions, complex social scenarios or professional dilemmas. Nope. I am referring to something far more inconsequential — yet equally as fascinating. [...]
One of my last days in Israel, I had the opportunity to cross the border into Jordan with a group of colleagues and visit the lost city of Petra. It happened to be the sightseeing highlight of the trip, but prior to actually experiencing it, I had what some might call a little anxiety. In [...]
This year there have been some scheduling changes at the middle school which require both the boys to arrive before 7:00 a.m. most mornings. Granted this is just 15 minutes earlier than last year’s schedule, but anyone who has tried to wake, feed, and transport a zoo animal teenager during pre-dawn hours knows how much of [...]
I arrived from Tel Aviv this morning at 5:00 a.m. and was home in time to wake the boys up for school. I have a feeling this trip is going to be much like a classic Saturday Night Live skit in which you don’t appreciate the genius of it all until after the fact — [...]
By the time you read this, my journey to Israel will be coming to an end. I will have visited Jerusalem and Eilat, and am now touring the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. To say I am anxious to come home Thursday evening would be an understatement. This is not to suggest that I [...]
Greetings from Jerusalem! I made it here and am getting acclimated – will have lots of stories and thoughts when I return. But here is a piece I wrote on the plane ride over regarding an “incident” last week. I think most of us are trusting folk. And by trusting I mean that we wouldn’t [...]
Jessie and I are switching up our days for the next two weeks due primarily to reasons explained below. She’ll be writing on Wednesday this week so stop back then too! Dear MoB Readers: I am so excited!!! This Wednesday night I am leaving for an eight day personal journey to the land of my [...]
We have a tradition in our family in which the birthday child is taken out to dinner to the restaurant of his choice on the eve of his special day. In the early days of this custom, we had to institute a few guidelines, the most important being that the restaurant had to have a [...]
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. In its original French, the proverb sounds much more poignant than its English translation which we Americans have come to know as “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” There is a great deal of online discussion regarding the true meaning of this idiom [...]
As parents, there are many points in our lives when we feel saddled with needless worry regarding some tiny aspect of our child’s development. From the day they are born we have a vision about their evolution into adulthood and those little buggers do all they can to deviate from that carefully planned path just [...]
