Is there any other example of how much we can change and grow in just a week or two? Do we ever grow and change as rapidly as we do at two months old?
A lot’s happened in the last month, and I’ll try to break it down.
We’re inching closer to doubling the Koala’s birth weight, [...]
Ah, the good old days. Pesach celebrated with the family back in America. My grandmother’s Sephardi dishes, my brothers’ haggadah-reading entertainment.
And of course, who could hold an American Pesach seder with the family without this gem of an experience:
Kedem grape juice! I know plenty of American olim who claim that it’s better than any of [...]
The past week and a half has been intense, painful, busy, impatient, energetic, emotional, nerve-wracking and exciting. And it’s not only for the reason you’re probably assuming. I haven’t been able to get all my thoughts out in an organized manner, so instead I’ll spew them in bullet form.
People will ask what gender your baby [...]
Last night I got to be the family member who picks up my cousin’s sick kid from a camping trip near my house.
Basically, I have Israeli cousins up north, and they sent their daughter on a youth movement camping trip which was located about 15 minutes from my place. She had called them late last [...]
Haven’t done this in a while, but here goes.
Aliyah
At this point, I’ve been living in Israel for three and a half years. Seems like so much longer… I can now count ‘old friends’ I had when I first came, I have a lengthy list of apartments I’ve lived/crashed in, I’ve been married for nearly two [...]