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Wednesday, May 03, 2017

A Hard Pill to Swallow

Why would I even think that the pill was Aharon’s? Aharon was totally normal and balanced, a serious ben Torah with ...

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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Like Mother, Like Daughter

My parents are both professionals, no strangers to technology, but it never occurred to them that this could happen to ...

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Thursday, April 20, 2017

Military Precision

The problem wasn’t that Avi wanted to go the army. It was that we had no way of getting him out of army servic ...

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Wednesday, April 05, 2017

Living with Dignity

The news wasn’t a shock. Our 84-year-old mother had been fighting cancer for years, and the cancer had recently metastasiz ...

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

The Real Me

I didn’t know it at the time, but I was going through the first of several manic episodes I would experience.

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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Just a Regular Person

Suddenly, we crossed over into the suffering side of society. The doctors there told us there was nothing they could do ...

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Wednesday, March 01, 2017

Carrying My Own Weight

What they were saying, basically, was that no one could ever love me because I was fat. I can’t even begin to des ...

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

The Happiest Man Alive

Two months before our wedding, I got a call from a woman who introduced herself as a therapist. “I’m seeing your kal ...

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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

That Kind of Person

Much as I wanted a normal life and a family — which the doctors said was impossible because of the accident — I ...

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Wednesday, February 08, 2017

Baggage Check

Frankly, it’s none of your business. It’s information that I’ll share with the right person, at the right time — which, ...

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Wednesday, February 01, 2017

Everyone Needs a Hindy

Previously, mothering Hindy had been about survival. Although I had forced myself to stay calm when dealing with her, insi ...