Sensible Suggestions

Make sure when walking alone on Shabbat and Yom Tov, that you have your name and/or address in a pocket (if there is a eruv) since you won’t have your purse or phone with you.

Jumping Back On The “Swing”

When it appeared that I was going to be okay and the teachers could start breathing again, they asked what in the world made me do such a dangerous thing, jumping off the swing in midair.

Gimpel The Oxymoron

I am convinced that when it comes to expressing one’s feelings or opinions about anything under the sun, Yiddish is one of the best languages to do it in.

Ignoring The ‘Facts On The Ground’

Sadly, those who should be supportive and encouraging may be pessimistic by nature or have their own agenda for not wanting the individual to succeed.

‘Civil’ Divorce

I am well aware that if both spouses had the ability to compromise, capitulate and cooperate in order to emerge with an acceptable division of what is mutually theirs, they most likely wouldn’t be divorcing in the first place.

Belittle Your Kids And They Will Be Little

Kids, and of course adults, have an ingrained need to be validated; to have the ups and downs in their life acknowledged.

Dress Your Children In Style – But Without The Fuss

The children’s wear brand Pastel perfectly caters to the parent or loved one looking to encapsulate the energy, vitality, and creativity that exists within each child.

Al Chait

We assure ourselves that we will take the high road and refrain from lashon hara or spreading gossip – even if the information is true.

The Middah of being Self-ish

Why consider yourself as being less? Aren’t you also made b’tzelem Elokim – in Hashem's image – and aren’t you worthy of help – from yourself?

Hashgacha Pratis – Divinely Created ‘Coincidence’

The odds of me bumping into this stranger whom I had never met previously, or since, were extremely low except that Hashem had engineered this scenario.

On My Own

It's extremely daunting and time consuming to basically put two strangers together and be a frequent go-between, negotiator, and adviser, but when it happens, and eventually children are born, you become a partner with Hashem in creating worlds.

It’s All Relative

Over the years, I have been asked how I get ideas for my articles – often from conversations with random strangers! That’s actually how I was discovered way back in 1985!

‘I Need To Matter’

One friend told me that her mother did not go to her brother’s high school graduation because he was not the valedictorian but only the salutatorian.

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