Everyday Life

I thought I was writing about my mother. Then I heard the thunder.

A Facebook birthday notification. A half-sister I barely knew. An unanswered message from 2018. And one more decision about whether to reach out. A letter from Wrapped in a Leaf.

I set out to prepare a Torah class and somehow ended up making quiche instead. Somewhere between mystery, worry, prayer, and the ordinary question of what's for lunch, I discovered that life rarely separates the sacred from the everyday.