L'Chaim, Loves
L’Chaim, Loves My mom reminded me that the year 2018 is the year of Chai, which in Judaism, holds significance for good luck, high hopes, and “to life”! L’Chaim in Hebrew means “to life”, and a multiple of 18 symbolizes the value of life. I am optimistic that my mother’s glimmering observation indeed will bring a good omen for this year. A new year brings about new beginnings, and these new beginnings unveil the chapters that we are about unfold and read. This winter I register my middle child for Kindergarten, and in addition, sign my youngest child up for nursery school. I look back, and it is amazing to recall how the days would sometimes drag on, and minutes would feel like hours. Yet, somehow the years whizzed by, whereas they felt like mere minutes themselves. I long to hold my soft, squishy, baby-powder-scented newborns again, but breathe in the refreshing independence that has come about with raising toddlers and school-aged children. Now what? I feel as i