My Daughter Smiled Today
My daughter smiled today Just for a moment But she did it She looked at me And she smiled And I think of her Just…
Good Things Come in Small Packages
As I arose on the morning of March 27th 2014 I knew it was a special day. On this day exactly 18 years ago, my…
RachelOctober 30, 2017
Dear Daughter
Dear Daughter, Listen and your mother will tell you, the story behind this night, For the joy we feel today, was preceded by fear and…
RachelOctober 28, 2017
Can We Control Our Destiny?
Dear Rebbetzin Twerski, Does a person have control over his destiny? I am faced with a heart wrenching challenge. My first child has cerebral palsy…
RachelSeptember 6, 2017
How to Keep the High of Happiness
As I waited at the doctor’s office pregnant with my third child, I casually opened up a magazine that was on the small coffee table.…
RachelSeptember 6, 2017
My Pirsum Nissah: A Play in Five Acts
On Chanuka, we contemplate the nature of miracles. We see how, if Hashem so desires, the weak can prevail against all odds. The days of…
RachelSeptember 6, 2017
My Premature Education
In early March, my husband Ben and I welcomed our first baby—a daughter we named Hadassah, born at the beginning of her 35th week of…
RachelSeptember 6, 2017
The Greatest Gift
I was engrossed in one of those deep conversations with my teenage daughter—the kind of conversation that occurs between two best friends about how we…
RachelSeptember 6, 2017