Advice for Writing and Living in 2022 — It is okay to get started slowly; it is Monday, after all, and only the second of the year. It is okay if you could not sleep last night. Neither could I, nor could Pearl, whose paws clicked back and forth from the hall into our bedroom and back again…

No matter how we try, can we savor a moment as much as we should? — Did I love it enough? Those three quick days with our son, popping into his life for a weekend, then back out. …

A desk’s drawers give clues to who we are, and who we might become. This is what life is like now. The sound of my husband watching television migrates from the living room, through the door, and into the room where I am writing. I turn on white noise to block out the voices on the news channel. …

“What I’m Telling You is Yes Yes Yes” To my beloved high school senior: It is college application season. You and your friends are being asked to condense your whole beings into 650 words, the grades you have earned, and a list of activities that caught your teenage interest. Is it any wonder you drag yourself to the…

The Jewish New Year prompts the annual introspection: how to love our imperfect selves? Last year at this time, we were taking steps to re-emerge from the pandemic. For me, that meant sending my kids back to in-person high school and college. On the eve of that transition, we sat around our dining room table and I said, Before we eat, I want to…