For Mom
Yesterday marked the shloshim, or the thirtieth day, since my mother’s burial.
The Accidental Career Girl
Humorous personal essays by a woman who learned to pivot long before the world started spinning.
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My first published essay...
Is here! Thank you, Kveller.
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We each grabbed a handle of one of the large wooden double doors to the Bellmore Jewish Center at the same time.