my anxiety rising… I said a short prayer! I baulked a little thinking, Really?!? What about what I want? And is it really a prayer if I don’t really mean it?
Tag: faith
Hell In The Hallway?… Sequel to “My Jewish Head Is Spinning”
the short of it is, I began happy, then the bottom emotionally dropped out when I got big jitters selling my home of 21 years, then I remembered that I forgot
My Jewish Head Is Spinning
Stress, nerves, anxiety… “DON’T make a mistake. Worry! Figure it out!!! DON’T stop thinking about this. This is URGENT!!!” You have now met UN-Godly Vivi.
“But how exactly did you fall in love with being Jewish?”: Recap #3
This next recap is about…. finding my way back home. Into the tribe and the religion of our fathers and mothers…. Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob, Leah and Rachel…
TRUST G-D? ONE STEP BACK, TWO STEPS FORWARD: Recap #2
Several readers have asked how specifically I went from hating being Jewish to falling in love with it. Here are the stories about coming to trust and love
THE WISDOM OF A FOOL
As my departure date approached, and the “yes” was not forthcoming, I twisted myself into a pretzel. I forgot the “it will work out exactly how it’s supposed to…”part. I felt impossibly
A QUIRKY TAMBOURINE & spirituality
It’s the week of Passover. We’ve had the Seder, we’re eating the matzah. Now what? I’ve never done this before but this year I am counting the Omer. This refers to the 49 days from the
AND THE WOMEN DANCED
… the women grabbed their little drums and tambourines! Who does that? I mean their lives and certainly their freedom were at dire risk. Who wants to…
WE PLAN, G0D LAUGHS
I sometimes say when things go wrong, G-d sure has a sense of humor! I can do that when the circumstances are not extremely serious. Regarding the more serious things…
G0D, TUBS, & NY Taxis: the Sequel
Hopping in and out of three, four… five tubs, back to the first and then making the rounds again, Reggie, who’d grown up in the Outback cried out, “Stop! You look like a kangaroo! hopping in and out, and …”