The Surgical Waiting Room Revival Tent

by Sarah Zadok | Jun 28, 2015 | Relationships, The Mother-load

It’s amazing how the cracked walls and worn out chairs of a pediatric surgical waiting room can give way to the holiest of ground. The stone floors Cathedral; consecrated by hard steps of anxious parents. Tears on tired eyes, prayers on their lips. Muffled sounds of...

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Fuzzy Slippers & 8 Days Of Romance

by admin | Dec 14, 2014 | Relationships

This past summer wiped me out. I know it’s mid December already, but the memory of that long, hot, burnout of a summer kind of frames the (relative) peace and beauty of this winter season for me. Just to state the obvious, summer break is way too long. Two...

Making Out With G-d

by Sarah Zadok | Sep 28, 2014 | Grief & Loss, Personal Narrative, Relationships

I learned early on that prayer is primarily about communication. l learned this first from watching Harold and Maude, then years later in a Torah class. For the most part, my M.O. as far as prayer is concerned has been to simply talk to G-d, kind of like I would to a...

Prayer Slam

by Sarah Zadok | Feb 22, 2014 | Relationships

Hands tremble. Bypass my head, from the canyon of my heart, they reach… fumble and tumble towards You. Like a school girl at recess, knobby kneed, legs buckling under the weight of joy running towards daddy’s embrace, I am Giddy. Downright pure. Unblemished by what my...

Faith, G-d and Suicide.

by admin | Feb 21, 2014 | Grief & Loss, Relationships, The Mother-load

Yesterday, an eleventh-grade boy from the high school next door to my kids’ elementary school took his own life in his dorm room. The word “tragic” doesn’t even touch this situation. As a mother, I see myself as a gatekeeper of my children’s innocence. I do my best to...