Lizrael Update: babbling about the expat life since 2004
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Yom Haaztmaut 5774: Three reasons why
‘Why did you move to Israel?’ We get asked that a lot, don’t we? Here’s my #1 reason 9 years ago, and my #1 reason now: Children who know no differently… The list of reasons for living in Israel grows each year I live and learn here. This year it grew by way of another…
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Yom HaZicaron 5774: A little boy asking questions
This evening at the Yom HaZicaron memorial service, my son asked a lot of questions. ‘Who is that boy?’ ‘Who is he talking about?’ ‘His older brother died?’ He asked me to explain what every speaker was talking about. I did. It made me strongly consider how I’ll look back fondly in thirteen years at…
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Fifty-Two Frames: Focus
The meaning here is really not all that hidden. Week 17: Focus This is your brain on procrastination.
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Koala update: Five years
Koala, We’ve been alluding to and celebrating your turning five for so long that, today, you were kinda over it. So we had a chill family day and I had a few minutes alone with you to really… see you. Hilarious, hilarious you. As much as the year before four was rough, something clicked soon…
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Five years in, my most terrifying parenting moment.
The most terrifying moment in parenting is not having the kids. It’s not birth. It’s not the first time they fall. It’s not knowing they’ll be in the army in 18 years. The most terrifying moment I ever experienced in my (exactly) five years of parenting was today, during the moment after which I opened…
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22 true things about you, at one month
Hey there tiny one. Yes, I’m talking to you, in fact, I’m looking directly at you. No one else is around. I know that’s quite an accomplishment. You were born into a preexisting zoo. It’ll be ok. It’s going to give you a lot of super powers, you wait and see. Not only am I…
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Fifty-Two Frames: Abstract
Hint: It was taken in Beit Guvrin. Week 16: Abstract Glacial graveyard.
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Fifty-Two Frames: Furniture
Week 15: Furniture “The discontented man finds no easy chair.” — Benjamin Franklin
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Bebe update: Three years
Bebe, I present to you, on this your third birthday, as you leave ‘toddler’ life behind and stand in the doorway of girldom, a contract I will sign, in the hopes I can help you continue growing without… totally screwing it up. Article 1: On being ‘a girl’ Dolls. Nail polish. Dresses. Giggling. Princesses. Beauty.…
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Fifty-Two Frames: Body Parts
It’s about that time again… Week 14: Body Parts Put your best lil foot forward.
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Meditation, procrastination, a hot cup of coffee: the birth of my third child
<The background on why we went to hospital instead of another home birth> For me, the key to labor, much like – spoiler alert – the key to early parenting, is to take each minute at a time. That is probably my number one piece of unsolicited advice to all procreational people. So I had…
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Israel home birth crackdown: Why we ended up in hospital instead of at home
It’s amazing how many people have asked about this. Why I gave birth at a hospital, which I assume they are assuming based on photos. Here’s the background to my next update, about the birth itself. I didn’t want to downplay or fill with negativity the telling of the birth of my newest daughter. So…
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