Those of you who follow me on Facebook and Twitter might know that I was nominated on Monday by 95.7 Ben FM radio station in Philadelphia to receive an award at their annual Woman of Week luncheon at the end of March. You might have even voted for me because I posted the link to [...]
If I was ever going to convert from Judaism to Christianity, it would be for the whole Heaven thing. A little known fact about Jews: We don’t really believe in focus on Heaven (or Hell for that matter). Rather, Jews focus on life on earth. Most of our readings suggest that life ends with physical [...]
It was a rare, lazy Saturday morning when Noah showed up at my bedside with a request. “Mom, can I make scrambled eggs?” My first reaction: “Absolutely not. You don’t know how to make scrambled eggs; it will be a mess of apocalyptic proportions; AND you will probably burn the entire house down in the [...]
Last weekend, I pulled out of our garage and ran smack into Dave’s car. Boom! The fact that I was going less than 5 miles per hour and backwards minimized the damage to just a large small dent that Dave was able to pop out. But scrape marks on both of our cars remain as a [...]
The dream is always the same. I am sitting in the stands in Penn’s Hutchinson Gymnasium watching a women’s gymnastics meet when suddenly my coach accosts me and tells me I’m next to compete on uneven bars. I try to resist because I am more than forty years old and can no longer touch my [...]
About a week ago one of my new creative friends, Lindsey Mead, wrote a really neat blog post she called “The Alphabet of Right Now” in which she assigned each letter of the alphabet to something relevant in her current life. Lindsey is a wonderful and prolific writer and I encourage you to check out [...]
Hello. My name is Emily and I am a Schmalcoholic. I know you all know what an alcoholic is. I am not one of those. Alcoholism is a serious disease from which I thankfully do not suffer. However, I have been showing symptoms of alcoholism’s little cousin – schmalcoholism — you know, the goofy one [...]
“How about these?” I asked Chase as we stood in front of a wall of red, pink and purple hearts on Saturday. We were at A.C. Moore, along with the rest of humanity, to gather materials to create Valentines Day cards for Chase’s class party today. Despite substantial advances in education over the last three [...]
FOR HIRE: Desperate 13 year old son NEEDS to make $20 ASAP to purchase a video game accoutrement that will enrich his life beyond anything that he has ever purchased before. Or maybe he will make said purchase and the exhilaration will extinguish in 36 hours at which point the money have been better served [...]
Recipe for Disaster Fun 50 excitable boys, ages 8-11, 50 anxious fathers 25 tired mothers Generous sprinkling of reluctant, squirmy siblings 1 medium size church multi-purpose room 50 homemade cars of various design and capability Soda, Skittles, M&M’s, Pizza, Soft Pretzels Mix together all at once on Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m. Serve room temperature, [...]
