Life in General

This Pesach is different; here’s why.

Last year I didn’t pack up Pesach.  While I lay in the trauma ICU, awake but oblivious to my surroundings, my husband and kids packed up all my carefully chosen Pesach items and put them back into storage. A task I usually oversee, a task I was not part of last year. My future was… Continue reading This Pesach is different; here’s why.

Life in General

Are you a new person?

“You probably feel like a new person!” “I’m sure you have a new appreciation for everything!’’ “I bet you wake up in the morning and say Modeh Ani with a whole new meaning!” These are typical things we say when talking to someone who went through a traumatic life-threatening experience; these are the questions I’ve… Continue reading Are you a new person?