I think it would be fairly accurate to say that I’m feeling exhilarated at the release of my book. I’ve been birthing it for two years. I wrote on Mondays and airplanes. I consulted, rewrote, added, and obsessed. And now it’s out. It’s weird how writing is such a solitary act (as opposed to blogging) and then BOOM! It hits the universe and all of a sudden it’s not solitary anymore!
If 2014 was the year of crying (often) and lying (“I’m fine”), then 2015 was the year of healing and dealing.
But in 2015 we learned to heal. We learned to give ourselves love. We learned to broaden the definitions of people and of labels. We learned, slowly, to love God again and to even, gingerly, seek meaning in our suffering.
Dear blog readers,
Tomorrow, on Thursday, December 17, 2015, we are running a 24-hour online campaign to raise $200,000 for our Jewish education center, JFX. EVERY DOLLAR you donate during this time period – Thursday noon till Friday noon – will be quadrupled by generous donors in our community!
Hey OOTOB readers,
It’s been quiet on the blog lately. Maybe because it’s been really busy around here (a lot of travel) or maybe because I haven’t been struck with the muse. Figured I’d check in and say hi.
Shana Tova! Happy Jewish new year to you all. I’ve been doing a bit of vlogging on Facebook, and decided to do my next post in this style too. We’re homeschooling our son who has Asperger’s and I’ve been getting a lot of questions about that. So here I explain. It was easier to do verbally than in writing. One thing I forgot to mention in the video that the scholarship we use for homeschooling here in Ohio is called the Autism Scholarship, and is available to kids who don’t attend public school. Enjoy! You can also subscribe to my YouTube channel and get notified whenever I post a video.
Is it normal
that when I say goodbye, a huge chunk of myself leaves with you?
For the past ten days I’ve been a participant in a “Nourish Your Soul Telesummit.” Each day I’d get an email, and a posting in its corresponding Facebook group, that a new interview was up and available for listening. Each day one interview would broadcast. The interviews were conducted over the phone by professional storyteller Devorah Spillman and broadcaster Joelle Norwood. They featured ten inspired and inspiring Jewish women. Each morning on my daily walk I’d click over and listen. Today was the last one and the interviewers became the interviewees.