It's been a really long time since I posted!  There has been so much change...

I am back in school, studying for my PhD.  It's wonderful, exciting, scary and overwhelming.  I am ridiculously happy to be back on campus.  Feels like the right place to be!  I am working as a graduate research assistant, which means my tuition is paid and I get a small stipend for working 20 hours per week. This means new adventures in learning balance (the yoga of life)!!!!!  Here's a link to read about the grant I will be working on for the next five years.  (Yes, I said five years...)  The BIG grant  It's all so very exciting and makes me feel renewed.

The kids are supportive.  It's nice to feel like I am pursuing something just for myself, yet knowing it will touch the lives of many others.  I know it will take all of us pulling together to reach this goal, but I am determined.

I also moved into the eruv (an area around the synagogue where observant people live).  I am so glad to be here and it feels homey.  I think we are all happy here and now we can walk together to services every Shabbat.... well, that's the theory anyway.  Right now my back is hurting too much to walk the few blocks.  But I have faith that it will heal and I'll be walking every week soon!

So, I know I have a wonderful supportive community of friends living around me who give more than one can reasonably expect.  I am surrounded by youth and vigor, as well as being part of important work I find challenging, fulfilling and geared to making a huge difference for our youth struggling with reading.  I am learning and growing.  So, I look forward to a whole new year of realizing each day that single does not mean alone!