It's sink or swim! Let's jump right in.

So let's jump right in. Right.

I actually started a WordPress blog at first, and named it Nothing You Can't Handle. It was referring to, what we commonly hear: Hashem doesn't give you anything you can't handle.

I wanted a cool blog that all the hippie Lubavitch Jews (I'm not Lubavitch, but they make the best hippies) could appreciate. And for that, I needed angst! So my first post talked about how much I dislike the above-referenced phrase, and how I believe it should be replaced with, "Sink or swim." I went on to talk about how difficult everything is and how you're just stuck with it etc etc... ears bleeding etc... I posted it, but I didn't advertise the blog to anyone, and then I went to bed.

But I thought about it, and I thought about what I want to accomplish here (as in my LIFE, not this BLOG), and I decided that if I want to be a good, positive person, who is happy and makes her family and those around her happy, angst was not the way to go. So I followed my Yetzer HaTov and started this blog. Aptly named, I think.

I look forward to sharing with you: Sharing my experiences with my special needs child, both in terms of my spiritual growth, as well as practically. (Just ignore what doesn't apply to you.)  I look forward to sharing my frustrations and victories of v'ahavta l'reiacha kamocha and other mitzvos in the ben adam l'chaveiro category - in the heart of Flatbush Brooklyn. And if you live here, you know why that's bold.

Finally, I hope to share with you my momminess. The joys and joys* of raising wonderful little kids.

Wishing you all of Hashem's open brachas in perfect abundance,
Rivka Devora

*edited