A Surprise Solution: God Can Do Anything!

I was very pleased. It was one week before Pesach, and the kitchen was clean! It was a good feeling to have it out of the way.

But what was this? A light on the stovetop indicated that a burner was on, even though all the burners were turned to the "off" position.

That was not a good thing. We had a problem like this once before; when we turned the knob to "off", the burner remained on. At the time, we had to order a special part and have it installed. I was not thrilled at the prospect of losing days of use of my stovetop!

I quickly turned off the circuit breaker for the range, so at least there wouldn't be any imminent danger. My next step was to Google the problem, in the hopes of finding an easy, or at least workable, solution.

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4 Simple Ways to Build the Bitachon Habit

We count the Omer for forty-nine days. The count begins on the second day of Pesach and continues right up until Shavuos.

As a young adult, I had a decent, though not perfect, track record. With the added responsibility of raising a family, however, my success rate dropped drastically. I often missed a day fairly early - usually within the first week.

The Power of Habit

The secret to success was unexpectedly revealed to me one Pesach. We spent Pesach at my parents house, and my aunt

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Trust in God: Like a Child Trusts His Parent

A Treasure Found

My toddler found some stickers while poking around in the garage. He excitedly showed me his find, waving the stickers in my face. He was even more thrilled when I nodded my approval that it was okay for him to use the stickers!

Help!

He began sticking his treasure onto an empty paper, but quickly became stuck. Some of the stickers were hard to remove from the backing. He gestured for help, and I began bending the page under a sticker to make it come up.

Realizing that this was going to require my bending the page for every single sticker, I quickly thought of an alternate plan.

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Seeing the Good

It was a Sunday afternoon. The weather was nice, and some of the kids were playing in the backyard. I had just put my toddler in for his nap, and I decided to take advantage of the peace and quiet.

I set out some art supplies on the kitchen table (I wasn't going to count on the kids playing nicely forever!), and headed upstairs for a little nap.

After waking up rested and invigorated, I headed down to the kitchen to get dinner started. One of the kids rushed over to tell me about the surprise they were making for me - they had cleaned up the living room!

The Cleaning Crew

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