Step-Grandchildren
By Sara Esther Crispe
My son recently remarried and his new wife has three children from her previous marriage. Her three children are close in age with my son's three children. In addition to us being a bit overwhelmed and trying to adapt to this new Brady Bunch situation, I ...
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Untalented
By Sara Esther Crispe
This might sound stupid, but I feel like there is nothing that I am good at. I have friends that are great writers, or singers or cooks, yet I can't think of anything that I can do that is unique...
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Beyond Words: When Things Don't Make Sense
By Sara Esther Crispe
Today I again saw the hand of the Creator, as He directs the world in His unfathomable way. But this time with the opposite result. The worst kind.
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Halloween Tradition?
My husband keeps telling me that Halloween is American tradition and that there is nothing wrong with our six-year-old trick or treating, but something just doesn’t feel right. I think whole holiday is weird and I don’t want my child dressed up as a ...
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Makeup at Thirteen?
By Sara Esther Crispe
I am the mother of a beautiful thirteen-year-old girl who always seemed to be quite confident and happy with herself. Recently, however, she has been spending so much time worried about her clothes and how she looks...and now she is trying to go out all ...
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Boyfriend Won't Propose
By Sara Esther Crispe
I've been dating a great guy for over a year now, and we are extremely happy together. The issue, however, is that I want to get married and he seems perfectly content with how things are right now. I agree that things are going really well, but I am ...
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Finding Ourselves Through Others
The Meaning of Community
By Sara Esther Crispe
He knows we are not angels, because He didn't create us to be perfect. But He did create us with the ability to connect with others and become better people...
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I Hate My Job
By Sara Esther Crispe
I have always had a passion for art but never pursued it because it wasn't the practical thing to do. Rather, I got my law degree and have been a practicing lawyer for a number of years now. However, I hate my job and would love to do something creative. ...
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Jewish Day School?
By Sara Esther Crispe
Recently my husband and I have begun to increase our Jewish observance. From learning in our local Chabad house, we have begun trying to keep Shabbat and have started to eat only kosher food. We are hoping to very soon make our entire kitchen kosher as ...
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Positive Judaism
I am a second generation Holocaust survivor with parents who both went through Auschwitz. While my parents both clearly had a relationship with G‑d, they were not observant and were in too much pain to ever discuss what Judaism meant to them...
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