We recently attended a Bat Mitzvah for Emma, the daughter of our very dear friends Diane and Bruce. It was a wonderful experience—watching a beautiful girl go through the rites of passage towards becoming a young woman. The maturity Emma displayed was not an act—Emma is wise beyond her years. Since Emma was 9 years…
Read MoreBack in the early 80’s, I was your typical college student. I went to school, had a job at the local sandwich shop (Joe’s Deli) and had a LOT of fun with my friends. Every now and then, I would get “in a mood” and have to sing Carole King’s “Natural Woman”—made famous by the…
Read MoreHow many times a day do you have negative thoughts about yourself? Count them all. Like when you glance at yourself in the mirror and see something you don’t like or when you get aggravated at yourself for doing something stupid—like forgetting to bring your grocery list to the store. I ask this question to…
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