by Carla Naumburg | Jul 16, 2013 | PsychCentral.com
“In the past few days and weeks, I have slowly been coming to terms with an unfortunate reality. I just can’t function without sleep. Welcome to the Blog of Blatantly Obvious Conclusions.” The rest of my post about the relationship between sleep and...
by Carla Naumburg | Jul 15, 2013 | Judaism, Kveller.com
“Yet as any elder will tell you, and as so many of us know deep down in that place that we rarely share with others in a meaningful way, life is HARD. I’m not talking about “too many things to do in not enough time” or “my kid hates swim lessons” hard. I’m...
by Carla Naumburg | Jul 7, 2013 | PsychCentral.com
It all started with a broken yellow shovel. I forgot to throw it away after the plastic handle cracked, so it came on to the lake on vacation with us. I was about to toss it when my four year old began to play with it. She walked out into the water and started...
by Carla Naumburg | Jul 5, 2013 | The Jewish Advocate
My first experience as a Jewish mother in the Boston area came when I was several months pregnant. As my husband and I had chosen not to learn the sex of the baby, I needed to find a mohel in case we had a son. A quick online search revealed a number of options, so I...
by Carla Naumburg | Jul 3, 2013 | Kveller.com
“They might as well be teenagers. My daughters are 4 1/2 and 3, and other than their short stature, penchant for screaming rather than brooding, and a total inability to write snarky notes to each other, they’re basically teenagers. They’re in that unpredictable...
by Carla Naumburg | Jun 28, 2013 | Kveller.com
I was waiting in the examination room of the pediatrician’s office with my two daughters. They were digging through the basket of children’s books in the corner, and my 4-year-old found a small board book with a red and green cover. “Here, Mommy,” she said as she...
