Tonight marks the beginning of Passover. As we host both Sedars, my husband and I spent all day Sunday preparing. The first step in preparation was to take out, from our storage closet, our Sedar plates, matzoh plates, and matzoh covers. As I was handling each item I was struck by the length of time we had been using them and what they each mean …
I was reminded recently of the personal experiences we sometimes bring to our professional experience. As many of you know, I became a divorce lawyer after going through my own personal divorce. In making the change, I felt that my personal experiences going through my own divorce would enhance my work as a divorce attorney. I believed that my pe …
My husband likes to say that I am the messy one and he is the neat one. I have to admit he is probably right. I like to consider myself a bit like Linus from “Charlie Brown.” A little bit of mess follows me wherever I go. My husband, however, has the uncanny ability to detect my mess. For example, just last night I sprayed Pam in a pan on the st …
My husband and I were looking for a “new” television show for us to begin watching. As we scanned through Netflix, HBO Max, Paramount Plus etc, we came across a television show, “Under the Dome.” The premise of the show is that an invisible dome suddenly enclosed a New England town. The show was produced by Steven Spielberg and Stephen King. As …
I am, admittedly, horrible with remembering people’s names and faces. There have been a countless number of times wherein someone will say hello to me, by name, and I have no idea who the person is. My husband and I actually have it “down to a system.” If someone says hello to me and I do not introduce them to my husband he is well aware that I p …
Recently my family, consisting of eight adults and two very young children took a trip to Costa Rica together. On the way to Costa Rica, we had a two-hour layover in Miami. Unfortunately, the first flight left New York over an hour late, leaving us very little time—less than 45 minutes-- to get our large party through the Miami airport to our secon …
I recently was a witness as to how deeply embedded the paternal instinct truly is. I was in Costa Rica with my family at an animal reserve. Most of my family went off exploring while I volunteered to stay back in the shade with my nine-month-old granddaughter, Taylor. While alone in the shade, Taylor and I remained near an enclosure in which monk …
I may be a little late with this blog but I have been thinking about this topic for a while. On February 12, 2024, one day in advance of a possible major snowstorm, Mayor Adams announced that New York City schools would be virtual the next day. Clearly, he was reacting to the predictions of an oncoming snowstorm. The storm came and, according t …
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