by Sarah Rudell Beach | Apr 8, 2019
While there certainly are a lot of silly love songs out there, we also sing a lot about breakups. We lament achey breaky hearts, wrecking balls, and falling to pieces. We croon about how love is a battlefield, how it tears us apart, and when it leaves we’re...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Nov 26, 2018
‘Tis the season for resolutions, goal-setting, and happiness-seeking. It’s a natural desire to want to improve yourself, accomplish new things, and bring joy to your life. In fact, when we’re asked what our ultimate desire is, we often reply, “to be...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Feb 26, 2018
As my children learn more about the world, they discover that some of their friends are Jewish, some are Hindu, and some are Christian. Which means they inevitably ask, “Mommy, what are we?” Um….. I try to explain how I don’t think there’s really one label that would...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Jul 25, 2016
I have just finished reading Katherine Ozment’s Grace Without God: The Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging in a Secular Age. The book opens with a scene that is all too familiar to me, and probably many of you: Ozment’s eight-year-old son, observing...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Dec 14, 2015
“And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore. Then the...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Nov 2, 2015
The next few weeks are shaping up to be pretty emotional for me. First, tomorrow is the publication day for Mothering Through the Darkness: Women Open Up About the Postpartum Experience. This powerful book challenges the myths about and breaks the silence...
