Parenting Day-to-Day

Being a parent provides endless opportunities for gratitude. We are privileged to witness life unfolding. We have opportunities to see the extraordinary in the ordinary each and every day. Even when it is messy, tedious, or frustrating, parenting has the power to connect us with something larger than ourselves.

Latest Rituals

A Blessing for Opening Presents

An original blessing of gratitude for when we receive gifts.

birthdays, family, gratitude, hanukkah, presents, tzedakah

Gift boxes wrapped in festive paper surrounded by ornaments, pinecones, and silver holiday decorations.

Travelers

“Offer mercy through all eyes that see them although their intimate gaze is hidden.”

children, generations, grandmothers, mothers, parenting, traveler's prayer

Watercolor painting of a woman hugging a small child on her lap, both faces soft and gentle.

Placenta Burial to Mark 1 Year of Life and Parenting

A sweet ritual for burying placenta

birthday, parenting, placenta, tree

A newborn baby sleeps peacefully on an adult’s chest, gently held by a hand.

Ritual & Prayers for Breastfeeding Mothers

This ritual guides you through the moment you choose to stop breastfeeding, packing up your breast pump and for your new relationship with your baby/child.

babies, breastfeeding, motherhood, mothers, weaning

Close-up of an adult hand gently holding a babys hand, both resting on a soft, fluffy surface. Black and white.

Hazan et HaOlam: A Ritual for Starting Solids

This ritual frames starting solid foods as a time honor the sacredness of nourishment.

babies, blessings, food, gratitude, parenting

A smiling baby in a high chair being fed with a spoon by an adult.

Tefilat HaDerekh: Driving You to Your Wedding. Coming Home Without You.

A beautiful wedding day prayer from parent to child.

parenting, weddings

a bride steps out of a car

A Prayer for Going Back to School

A blessing to send off your kiddos with love as they return to school.

back to school, children, education

colored pencils and shavings on a piece of papaer

How You Will Fledge

“I, my child, / will never tire / of bringing you / morning worm…”

a birds nest

The Shofar Breaks

intention, shofar

person with long hair facing away with black and rainbow kippah blowing shofar

A Placenta-Planting Ritual

A complete ritual for a family to bury the new child’s placenta under a plant in the garden.

childbirth, community, garden, tree planting

People handling a potted plant with small succulents and gardening tools nearby.