Still not all good in the head, but we all know what chemicals can do to one’s brain, so I looked into my pill cabinet, and surely, I had some chocolate hidden there. Since one cannot store laughter, which we all know to be the best medicine, I had to rely on the second best: [...]

Really, today sucked. Luckily my kids and Brigham aren’t home–maybe this has contributed to the day being not good–so they didn’t have to put up with my moods.
This morning I had an IM conversation with an on-line friend that went the cancer talk route. Now I don’t ever react well to this kind of chit-chat, [...]

After years of PT and OT I got to the point when on good days, once again, I can play the piano.
Today I am sitting at my piano, just quietly touching the keys, enjoying the feeling on my mostly numb fingers as I make the sounds fill the room.
The tunes can’t wait for long, and [...]

We live in a country that traditionally doesn’t celebrate. There is no trick or treating or dressing up of kids, but Halloween parties for teens and young adults are becoming more and more popular. The youth is getting extremely globalized with their holidays as well–at Christmas Santa Claus is fast replacing the little Jesus as [...]

Yesterday, at Shul, the Rebbetzin remarked that I had a 5 o’clock shadow.
I felt I needed to inform her that I hadn’t shaved since before Yom Kippur.

I love my man. He ordered this for me for Hanukkah.

The last few weeks have been insanely busy. The translation job’s deadlines were October 20 (yesterday being a workday and everything), and several of my students at work #3 (now only 2) are attempting to pass an English exam today, so I put in a few extra hours there. In addition to everything, my grandparents [...]

My curly-haired 4-year-old puts on his red PJ bottoms, a white shirt and suspenders, and starts jumping up and down on the bed singing Grace Kelly, proclaiming “I’m MIKA!” and making a smooth transition into Billy Brown.
Oh, and he gets the notes just right. I am not sur eif I should be proud of [...]