Shabbat

We are not having Shabbat dinner or lighting the candles tonight because Drew and I are going out to dinner, and next week I have tickets to the ballet with my friend Melissa and have to scramble for a babysitter because Drew will be in Seattle. I'm getting really, really tired of working around his schedule.

I try to take Rachel to synagogue at least once a month but that doesn't always happen. Last week we didn't go, either, and she said, "the rabbi will be SO disappointed not to see me." That's probably true.

Last Friday she said something unbelievably sweet: "Know what I said to Daddy in the car?" she asked. "It's not Shabbat without Mama."

"Aww, Rachel!" I said, touched.

"It's NEVER Shabbat without you!" she exclaimed. I feel so loved...