Everyday Life

I wasn’t looking for love. Certainly not beside six lanes of traffic. But there it was — small, sincere, and planted in a patch of tired grass. Naturally, I had questions. Read “I Love You Too” on Substack →

I thought I was writing about my mother. Then I heard the thunder.

A Facebook birthday notification. A half-sister I barely knew. An unanswered message from 2018. And one more decision about whether to reach out. A letter from Wrapped in a Leaf.

I set out to prepare a Torah class and somehow ended up making quiche instead. Somewhere between mystery, worry, prayer, and the ordinary question of what's for lunch, I discovered that life rarely separates the sacred from the everyday.