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July 16, 2025

Did you know that about 25% of pregnancies in America end in miscarriage? Probably not, as it isn’t talked about until you, or someone close to you, experiences one. I myself hadn’t realized just how many women, or especially how many I know personally, have been through this grief and healing process until many of them reached out to me, comforting me after my own loss. It’s sparked so many questions in me as I’ve written and talked through my loss over the last five months. Why is it that we don’t commonly know how prominent an issue it is? Why is it that, when we do encounter a miscarriage, we don’t know what to expect, say, or do for support? [Read more…] about So, About Miscarriage,

April 2, 2025

You can read about the Gregorian New Year, Valentine’s Day, and the Jewish Purim in this post.

I believe it’s important to acknowledge the context and history of things as we study them out, regardless of whether we agree with or like the ideologies of the time, and regardless of whether things today mean the same as they once did. As I mentioned in my first post, the main issue many people have with the holidays celebrated in America today is their roots in pagan idolatry, mythologies, folklore, and witchcraft. We are told in the Bible that we’re not supposed to worship our God, Yehovah, in the ways of “the nations,” “the Canaanites,” or “the pagans.”

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.

February, 20, 2020

After being sick this week, I began to notice that I was struggling with my sleep patterns, noting that I gradually slept in later and later while having a harder time falling asleep at night, and realized that my circadian rhythm may be out-of-sync. As such, I decided to research ways to get it back on track, primarily by getting myself to sleep at a good hour and sleeping a full 8 hours.

[Read more…] about Trouble Sleeping?