Kaitlyn

March 26, 2025

As a kid, my family was a part of the Baptist church. We celebrated and took part in the customs of the Gregorian New Years, a touch of Valentine’s Day, some of Saint Patrick’s Day, some of Easter, Resurrection Sunday, Independence Day, most of Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. However, in 2006, my mom began making the transition from being Baptist to, eventually, Torah Observance, bringing the rest of us along with her. It’s an ongoing, long, and gradual process filled with a lot of study, prayer, and research, and along the way we’ve dropped some holidays, altered how we celebrate others, and picked up new ones altogether.

[Read more…] about A Breakdown on Holidays (Part 1)

July 15, 2024

Here in the modern U.S., many of us live in an environment of traffic, vibrant colors, quick captions, marketing around every corner, phones chiming and ringing, people being accustomed to quick replies, same-day shipping, instant gratification, billboards lining every highway, short and loud content, “the next big thing” and yearly upgrades, and regular activities or appointments. There are so many things to fill our time with and spend our energy on, and if we’re not careful, it’s more than easy to become swept up in the current.