Parenting Day-to-Day

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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.

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A prayer against the injustice of children taken from parents by U.S. immigration authorities

Children standing in line indoors, next to a wall with MEDICAL and ICE signs.

“We pray for strength as we cry out and organize and fight…”

Person sitting on ground holding a torn paper with HELP written on it, obscuring their face.

Reflection on the father-daughter relationship between Amram and Miriam

Person with long hair stands in front of graffiti-covered wall, surrounded by greenery.

“It just became your life, your house always lit up like / Paris at night because you were afraid of the darkness splicing / time ever again”

Small stones placed on top of a moss-covered gravestone.

“May we show teamwork and pride, may we display courage and strength.”

A group of people standing in a circle, stacking their hands together in an outdoor setting.

For a complicated mother-daughter relationship

A woman comforting another woman, who is resting her head on her shoulder, against a dark background.

Humanist Shehekheyanu

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Learn the shehekhyanu prayer in American Sign Language, along with the Debbie Friedman melody

Two people standing indoors. One is signing in ASL, while the other looks at the camera. Abstract art in the background.

Learn the shehekheyanu prayer in American Sign Language

Two people standing indoors. One is signing in ASL, while the other looks at the camera. Abstract art in the background.

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