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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.

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

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.

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

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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?

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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.

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.

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!

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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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I have an accomplished friend who is careful to maintain a healthy weight and works out several times a week – yet she cannot accept a compliment.

     

The last worldwide pandemic to hit the global population was the Spanish Flu, over 100 years ago. Over the last few months, I've asked myself why a pandemic now – and for over two years?

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The beginning of wisdom is rooted in fearing Hashem. I realized that it is a supreme declaration of faith, emunah when one truly fears G-d.

There are subtle signs of a potentially problematic person. I have often said, people should marry people with compatible meshugasim.

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