Kvelling

This month, I am kvelling about my newest gig contributing to the online magazine Kveller.com.  When my dear friend Alene asked if I would be interested, I have to admit I hadn’t heard of the site. But after reading a few of their articles, I was hooked!  I was also excited at the prospect of doing something that isn’t going to have to be done all over again the next day, like my laundry.  I said yes to Alene and heard from the editor within the week.

I wrote my first article about some of our past challenges around the high holidays as a military family in small Jewish communities. My second article is about my running adventures and how I find time for myself out there on the road.  I love being able to contribute to this magazine and also secretly love the idea of the possibility that Mayim Bialik might read my words.  She is, after all, on the staff of the magazine and a regular contributor.  The former Blossom actress is a religious Jewish mommy and currently co-staring on the show Big Bang Theory.  I am a big fan, both of her acting and her writing.

If you are not already reading Kveller, and are a Jewish parent, I highly recommend it.  One of my favorite Kveller moments was over Yom Kippur.  Looking through I saw an article on fasting from a mother of a small children.  Like me, she been pregnant or nursing for years and wasn’t planning on fasting this year.  On my first read, I agreed 100%.  But then I started to read the thoughtful comments and they really touched me.  Finally, Mayim Bialik wrote a related article on why she fasts even when she is nursing.  After all of this insightful conversation, I decided to fast and actually got a lot out of it.

I don’t know how often I will be writing, but I am excited to have this voice in the larger Jewish community.