On this special Sunday, I joyfully recognize my mother. Happy Mother’s Day, mom!
A few months ago, I went home to visit my mother after she had just returned from spending a few days in the hospital. She had been sick and I asked her if she still felt sick. She responded immediately and matter-of-factly, “Well, it seems I have recovered!”
Take reading, for example. She has always been an inveterate reader who consumes a minimum of one to two books a week, and often more on the beach vacations she loves. Combining her passion for books and reading with work, she decided to spend the first part of her career as a librarian at a Hebrew day school. This choice enabled her to prepare dinner every night and eat with her young family.
When she was not studying, she played bridge weekly with her closest girlfriends and attended the philharmonic to satiate her love of classical music. Of course, none of this interfered with family time. Beyond the weekday dinners, she made sure that we gathered as a family every Friday night for Shabbat and made it special by serving dinner in the dining room.
I have always been proud of my mother and how she balanced motherhood, family, her work, and her passions. In my mind, she has been a role model for women. And, I know her influences shaped who I am today.
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