By Malkie Gordon Hirsch In an interview with the Meaningful People podcast, Racheli Fraenkel (mother of Naftali Fraenkel, Hy’d) uttered something so clear and personal to me, that I could have expressed it myself, and I kind of wish I had. She mentioned that while she was in a restaurant in Florida while conducting a […]
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch Earlier this year, I stood at a new bus stop, one entirely unfamiliar to us, since the child standing by my side was my only daughter. In a way, it seemed like we were starting from scratch, by joining the ranks of all things feminine, from the uniforms to the headwear, […]
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch I think that I’m still surprised at how bad news still shocks even me when I initially hear something I didn’t expect to. One would think that since I’ve been through tragic and sudden loss, that I’d somehow be immune to the feelings of others, to the conjuring of emotion that […]
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch Since coming back from our trip to Israel, life has been a whirlwind of activity. We arrived home last Wednesday night, and since Friday, the kids have been on Chanukah vacation from school. Although for some the knowledge that arriving back home would throw us into anything but the routine might […]
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch I’m a terrible traveler and I’ve always been a master procrastinator. And for those of you who are adept at the organizational requirements of travel, just know that the combination of my two habits is not ideal. As I stood in JFK yesterday (which seems like a week ago due to […]