Elizabeth Williams Bushey's Blog (3)

Almost ready....

Today our family attended the lavish Bat Mitzvah of my oldest daughter's 13-year-old best friend. During the moving ceremony, the rabbi counseled the young lady - whom, we all knew, and he announced, he'd known her whole life - that she was now considered (religiously) an adult. I flashed back to the "Aleph" ("A," or beginning) Hebrew School class; my daughter doesn't practice Judaism, but the rabbi every year does a public Shabbot dinner with the schoolkids; the first year we went, he was stun… Continue

Added by Elizabeth Williams Bushey on June 6, 2009 at 8:03pm — No Comments

Poetry In A Balloon Project.

So excited. It won't technically be April anymore, so we're "Pushing Poetry Month," but my daughter's class and I will be doing the Poetry In a Balloon Project on Friday, May 1. Hope you all give it a try. It's a fun and creative way to encourage your kids learning and em… Continue

Added by Elizabeth Williams Bushey on April 27, 2009 at 5:49am — No Comments

My neighborhood...

I'm so excited to be a part of TwitterMoms. I love motherhood; it's made me a better person, it's made me a better musician, a better writer, a better everything - because once you become a mother, your heart is walking around inside other bodies; suddenly you have no choice but to STOP. Consider. What am I doing? How will this effect them? Gone are the days when you could think to yourself: Well, if all else fails, I can always measure curtains for the car. So this is me, fellow TwitterMom… Continue

Added by Elizabeth Williams Bushey on April 19, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments