by Sarah Zadok | Nov 22, 2015 | Life Lessons, Music and G-d, The Mother-load
To my daughters, I’ve loved you since before you were even plausible. I’m doing my best to raise you right. So, before you lift your sweet, adolescent hands to your head and encase your impressionable ears to the candy-crushing pull of pop music, I need you to hear...
by Sarah Zadok | Oct 3, 2015 | The Mother-load
I suppose I’m more of a ‘super-size me’ in the gushing department, but I just read a blog post “promoting healthy body image in young women” that is so emotionally anorexic that it makes me want to find every crumb of beauty and grace that I see, lick that bowl clean...
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...
by Sarah Zadok | Jun 8, 2015 | The Mother-load
For a few, blessed weeks each May-June, the cherry trees here in the Golan Heights take their turn in the season and strut their sweet stuff. This year, the farmers on our moshav extended a generous invite and welcomed us locals to come out to the fields and enjoy the...
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...
by admin | Feb 21, 2014 | The Mother-load
Honesty is a trait that I generally encourage in our home, even if it means suffering uncomfortable consequences because of it. “Tell it like it is” is one of our family mottos. But today I found myself faced with an interesting choice: “Tell the kids the truth and...