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Women Who Inspire Us #12:  My Chinese Teacher

Women Who Inspire Us #12: My Chinese Teacher

One thing I absolutely love about blogging is receiving emails from readers.  So, when I received a request to participate in the Women Who Inspire Us Series, I was over the moon.  Today’s post is the twelfth in the Women Who Inspire Us Series.  You can read the previous posts here.  You may also want to subscribe … Continue reading »

Women Who Inspire Us #11:  My L&D Nurse

Women Who Inspire Us #11: My L&D Nurse

It’s been a little while since I’ve had the pleasure of sharing an inspiring woman post, so I’m very, very, verrrrrrry happy to share today’s post from my friend and (relatively) new mommy, Nikki Flores a/k/a Clueless Me.  Nikki has guest posted on my blog before about her mishaps in taking care of her husband’s … Continue reading »

Torah Tuesdays:  What’s the purpose of life?

Torah Tuesdays: What’s the purpose of life?

Depending on where I’ve been in my journey, this question has elicited a wide variety of answers. Shortly after I didn’t get into any of my grad school choices (boy, was that fun), this question led to much reading of Existential works and listening to the Smiths.  It was a crisis of being, for sure.  … Continue reading »

Torah Tuesdays: Hanging in the Balance

Well, here we are in the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah, the ten days in between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.  In these days our judgments are hanging in the balance, and we are praying for the best.  It’s common for people to  step up their mitzvah observance in order to merit a favorable judgment.  Some people … Continue reading »

Women Who Inspire Us #8: My mother

Today’s post is the eighth in the Women Who Inspire Us Series.  You can read the previous posts here.  You may also want to subscribe to my RSS feed, or “like” my Facebook page to catch the upcoming posts.  As always, if you would like to share your inspiration by participating in the series, please … Continue reading »

Women Who Inspire Us #7: My aunt

Today’s post is the seventh in the Women Who Inspire Us Series.  You can read the previous posts here.  You may also want to subscribe to my RSS feed, or “like” my Facebook page to catch the upcoming posts.  As always, if you would like to share your inspiration by participating in the series, please … Continue reading »

Torah Tuedays: Random Acts of Kindness

If you haven’t checked out my Rosh Hashana Card Giveaway, you can go here and enter to win! Today’s post is about doing nice things for other people, sometimes for people we don’t know and may never meet.  The concept of doing random acts of kindness is one of my faves.  One thing I like … Continue reading »