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Category Archives: family
Road trip reflections
I’m in Los Angeles! MG and I arrived after three days of driving. That’s right, we are kind of crazy! We drove 1,971 miles with an average of about 40 mpg (thank you very much low-sulfur emission diesel!). Some highlights … Continue reading
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MY DAD is awesome
You might not be aware, but MY DAD is awesome. In addition to being hilarious (but please don’t encourage him), creative, smart, kind, and sensitive, he is also a professional volunteer. Since his retirement, he elected to spend his time … Continue reading
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Red nail polish
MY MOM had amazing hands. Though she was several inches shorter than I am, she had bigger hands. Often when we would be walking, pretty much anywhere, we would hold hands. Sometimes, just pinkies. From the time I was very … Continue reading
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Finding meaning
On Sunday night I lit the festival candles for the last day of Passover. It was also the first time that I lit a yartzeit candle for my mom. Or in my mom’s memory. Whatever. When I lit the candle … Continue reading
Happy Passover!
May we all know liberation from the narrowness, the oppression and enslavement in our lives and in our world. This year we are slaves, next year may we be free. Happy Passover to you and yours.
I want to go to this seder!
Chosdesh tov (Happy first of the month of Nisan). It is just a few more weeks until we will be gathered around our family’s table to tell the story of the Exodus from Egypt. Several weeks ago I was talking … Continue reading
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Happy birthday, Papa z”l
Today was my PAPA’s birthday. I have some very clear memories of birthday celebrations with him and various family members and each of them brings a smile to my face. How could they not? My PAPA was the … Continue reading
My AUNT L is awesome!
Though it may embarrass her a great deal, you should all know that my AUNT L is amazing! This was written about her in a local Austin, TX paper. I am removing her name because she wouldn’t want me to … Continue reading
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Will the pain ever stop?
Yesterday marked three months since MY MOM died. Every single day I miss her. Sometimes these moments take me by surprise. Like this Shabbat at services. I said the words of the Mourner’s Kaddish and I went off auto-pilot and just … Continue reading
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It is international KJ appreciation day!
Today is my BFF, KJ’s birthday! Though this special list has typically been reserved for immediate family in the past, I am breaking a new trend because KJ is in the T-dot! I get to spend this special day with … Continue reading
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Rabbi Eleanor Steinman 