LifeLines

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

The Winning Lottery Ticket

LifeLines

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Wandering through the Desert

Working in an environment where I was constantly exposed to death and the fragility of life, I began to understand that we are all in G-d’s hands

LifeLines

Monday, March 11, 2019

Obstacle Course

She wasn’t expected to survive her first day, and certainly not her first week, but to the surprise of the doctors, she did. We named her Chaya

LifeLines

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Giving My Mother Life

“What zechus did my mother have? Well, the only zechus of hers that I can think of is that she wasn’t cremated”

LifeLines

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Not Broken

With little family support in Israel, we found ourselves at loggerheads much of the time, and our relationship was under continual strain

LifeLines

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

By the Light of My Mother’s Candles

Then, one Friday, my father called to tell me that my mother needed someone to spend Shabbos with her in the hospital

LifeLines

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Shock Treatment

I couldn’t tell this to my friends, but while Mr. Lindberg’s tirade had been inexcusable, he had given me a lot to think about

LifeLines

Tuesday, January 01, 2019

Prove Them Wrong

“You really should have told me to come down to your office with my husband and broken this news to me in a nicer way”

LifeLines

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Who Gives Sight to the Blind

“Moshe is going to live,” the doctors told Sarah, “but we don’t know what’s going to be with his vision.”

LifeLines

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Dancing Under the Umbrella

When I was growing up, dance was so much a part of my identity that I would sometimes wonder to myself whether there was anything inside me besides dance

LifeLines

Wednesday, November 07, 2018

Lifelines: Best Friends

How could she possibly make it through school— and life— if we didn’t help her to succeed, or at least not fail dismally, in the academic realm?