Becky Blab

Diwali is a festive season when people like to shop a lot and show it off. In the spirit, we thought we could go out and buy something on this auspicious day when purchasing power is blessed by higher powers. But my husband being sick and not in the shopping mood (he never is anyway), [...]

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On Tuesday, I met with Celine, the Deputy Director of Alliance Francaise Jaipur. I’ve been thinking about my time in France a lot lately, and have been surprised that the Teaching Assistant Program in France had recently found me and invited me to join their new alumni groups on LinkedIn and Facebook. Long ago in 2003, I [...]

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–Lifeguards at the pool looking stereotypially stud-ish with sunglassed eyes. –A black homeless drag queen, standing on the street talking to herself and begging for change. –Kids with more toys than they could play with in three lifetimes.

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[youtube FRbL46mWx9w] How appropriate that my Jewish mother sent me this. I thought it was hilarious & timely, since I’m coming to terms with certain issues related to the theme of kvetching. I checked out her son’s article in HuffPost, Frame It With Gratitude: “One way to describe your experience would be to say, ‘This [...]

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I wanted to share Tracy and Toru’s touching story in Asian Jewish Life, called “Learning to Speak: A cross-cultural love story.” She tells several instances that illustrate the strong impact that her husband’s sweetly skewed words have had on her. These are the tales I usually tell when people ask if it’s hard to be married to a man whose native [...]

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