We were huddled together, sharing a tiny bed in the ER hallway, as the hospital was so crowded that there were no spare rooms. I was wearing a gown and motorcycle boots and he made a headrest for himself with his coat, so that he could lean against the nurse's station. We couldn't see most ...
Full disclosure: I've now written about 15 different "first lines" for this post. None are sticking. None seem to fit. None will do justice to all that I am feeling. It is the first morning of the first day of the new year, and we have so much to celebrate, but I am tongue-tied. Going from 2010 to 2011 was an incredibly, and unexpectedly, emotional ...
Thank you for all that is new. In Judaism, there is a blessing called the Shehecheyanu. Traditionally, you say the Shehecheyanu to mark the start of something new, for every first, at the beginning of a Holiday, for a birth, on an occasion to be grateful for.... I think you get the gist. This is one of my favorite blessings, and growing up, ...
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