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I don’t like discussing programs online but you can try calling Elly Merenstein, the director, and ask him about it. He’s really great and honest about the kids/program. Ask him for references, the Chicago parents would be happy to talk to you.
does she have any brothers, say, about 20 or 21 years old? 🙂
You were in Chicago and you didn’t go to starbucks and call for us!? What were you thinking?!
Hooray!! I for one am thrilled and VERY impressed! The zchus of this should bring you bracha!!!!!
musser zoger – you had me doubled over.
Yes, I left that job in 2008 not 2007. I’m sure it was her. And her friend who I worked with got married and I haven’t spoken to her in a while but I just emailed her, thanks to you. She was from Atlanta and went to college here in Chicago. Just remembered her friend was from the midwest and that she was missing the wedding so we looked at the pictures her friend emailed. I remember being very ‘jealous’ of her because I had planned my sons bris to be in my moms hopital room so Eliyahu HaNavi could be there but she was moved to ICU for the last time just as the men were davening and we had to divert them from driving to the hospital. I was glad she succeeded where I did not.
I think St. Luis but maybe not. And it was in 2006 or 2007, my co-worker is from Atlanta. Remember the story and the pictures better that I remember the details. Could there be two?
enlightenedjew +1000000
Thanks midwesterner. You are SOO right about my mom. And this year is the Chessed Fund’s 25th anniversary!
WIY – Thanks. Those are the moments we daven for.
Thanks. That’s my Onegoal 🙂
Gosh, thanks. I think it was my husbands doing.
I meant “so when content it lacks”
and I even proofed it 🙁
When my son was in 8th grade he came home from school soaked and cold. He’d obviously walked, mid winter, in the snow. I asked him what happened and he said Rebbe was speaking to him so he missed his ride. I asked him why he didn’t try calling, I would have been happy to get him in this weather (a mile away) and he said that if he asked Rebbe to borrow his phone Rebbe would have realized he made him miss his ride and he didn’t want his Rebbe to feel bad!!!!!
So I’m lying then?
ca – I remember that! A co-worker of mine showed me the pictures at the time, it was a very close friend of hers.
**blush**
whenever I go to a meeting,
I try to get preferential seating,
not in front, but in back,
so when contact it lacks,
Nobody knows its CR threads I’m reading.
I was under the impression this was not knock down other people thread but a statement of opinion that we ALREADY claimed to be controversial thread. That being the case . . .
most parents are inept
many teachers have control issue
many school administrators will sell a kids soul before losing a gvir
our community organizations have no business accepting money from/honoring people who they know are inappropriate or unethical
fun limericks I used to write
no matter what time, day or night
but as I grew older
I became much less bolder
and to post them gives me quite a fright.
They have done that they have even blindfolded the facilitators. I also saw a kid give an answer his dad wasn’t expecting (he said he liked apples and his dad, who was facilitating was sure he would say no). But it isn’t always real and you can’t know who to believe because these kids are so in tuned with you they can easily let you do the talking if they so choose. So the facilitator is not lying about what he sees, he just doesn’t realize he himself did the talking. Many are only facilitated by touching their elbow, it’s harder to force answers like that. You just can’t tell without knowing the kid/people involved, but you CAN’T disregard it because some of it is true.Even frum people don’t always have access to the information they are given and it takes a Gadol to verify it.
kapusta – you do that so well!
SaysMe – we’re here!
Seen it done. It is real for some and not for others. Some kids will facilitate with some and not others. You have to know these types of kids to understand how that could be but I have been there when non-verbal kids gave over information that we checked up on. I have also seen those same kids refuse to respond to others.
I strongly believe that anything that holds access to that much true information (in regard to Torah and emes) has to be surrounded in controversy or other opportunities for disbelief. That’s how we continue to have bechira.
Why do we always have to assume everyone is angry and bent out of shape? These comments are perpetuating the negativity of yesteryear (I always want to stick that word in somewhere). Things are much better now than they were, without doubt, and most people are upbeat and civil. If you don’t like a thread or two, don’t click on it. Maybe aries has the flu. Maybe she is on vacation. Maybe she is successfully abstaining from internet use. Maybe she is on a cruise without wifi! Why assume she’s stewing somewhere when she might be in need of a hot glass of tea and a good book? I personally think she is too strong and healthy of a person to be sitting vengefully in some corner waiting for the smoke to clear. There are good friends here and she knows where to find them.
Way Cool! I’m there.
with all due respect to two respectable posters, I have a strong feeling this is NOT a conversation we want to have here, even in code, insinuation or innuendo. Thanks.
yitay – you have a blog?
I used to use mozzerella firefox but they went through a “not responding” rut a couple months ago and I switched. I thought IE was just a decoration on my desktop.
smartcookie – cute!
Well we don’t anymore!!!!! It blustered all morning and tomorrow’s gonna be 49! LOVE IT! (actually I’d rather 70 but beggars can’t be choosers and Chicagoans can’t complain if it’s over 22 degrees in late January)
P.S. – midwesterner – your dollar is on its way
Saysme – My dad said his dad never showed affection, so my dad used to touch, hug, kiss us everytime we passed by him. I try hard to do the same to my kids. I know this wont help your current need but I’ll make all of tomorrows hugs in your zchus, and I will daven that you get it back tenfold.
So 42 – do you say that as an educated conclusion based on special access to ‘for mods only’ information, or are you just guessing?
You are NOT a horrible friend, you are a friend who is feeling horrible. It isn’t easy to feel that way and it does get better, but that wont make you feel any better right now. Just tell yourself that if Hashem is pulling away your crutches, He must believe you have enough balance to take a step on your own. It sounds so cliche to say, “believe in yourself” but it is really the foundation.
I know what worked for me might not work for others, and since you don’t know me you might not be able to accept my words, but I will go out on a limb.
High school was very hard for me for many reasons. A friend and I wrote many poems and shorts stories about anger and depression and about evil adults and boyfriends etc. We lived and breathed our pain, read and wrote about our misery and could see no way out. Over time I found that we were perpetuating that misery. I can read about your pain and bring myself right back down to those places, I can only imagine what is involved in writing them.
Writing about smiles and rainbows isn’t the answer, but writing poems and stories about little sunshowers and small bursts of goodness or happiness that I actually felt or experienced helped surrounded me with those feelings too. The poems about hope perpetuated hope and made the feelings bigger and more alive. They had to be about real moments, not fake ones. But they kept them growing and built bridges for me.
Just a thought, NOT a mussar. Please accept it as support from a friend who gets it.
***two hugs**
My friends sell necklaces and keychains that have a grain of rice with your name on it in English or Hebrew. They are so cool and my kids buy them for friends (tons of varieties).They are actually free with minimal shipping costs and optional ‘extras’.
Don’t know where this came from but it’s on my wall – If G-d took you to it, G-d will take you through it.
CAD – think “cucumber”
72 – Once again my thoughts exactly. Keep up the good work health!
sweat? my husband usually wears clothes under his tallis.
in the US there is pasta made from brown rice. Quinoa is another good side dish. We freeze tons of non-gebrocks stuff (fish loaves, croutons, cake mix) in post pesach clearance sales (otherwise the stuff is very pricey)to use all year. Find out from the doctor if it is enough for your child to have food without gluten, or if s/he needs it to say ‘gluten free’ on the label. Different kids have different sensitivity levels.
writersoul – I feel SOOOO exactly like that most of the time! (except for being younger)
ROTFL
i had some great guesses but not usable on shabbos.
yes, please.
72 – yup
kapusta – I join you in your support.
yenting – you sound like you work really hard and are very respectful. You sound like you will be the kind of health care provider people hope to have.
CAD – very kind and encouraging. Hatzlacha as a cucumber.
MP – don’t listen to the white noise! Lots of good people are still here and have meaningful discussions. I don’t know who in particular you are missing (and please don’t say, I think it is hard for us rejects to hear), but many of the ‘golden oldies’ are alive and posting on the tachlis threads. Perhaps you weren’t getting the responses you want, but many like myself read more than we post. I wish everyone an internet free life, but if you are posting, please post here as well.
MiddlePath – things are so much more positive now. And people are just ignoring many of the negative posts so they don’t take off. And not only that, you can just choose your threads well. I don’t want to encourage anyone to be in a chat room if they have real-life things to do, but don’t go away sad, things are certainly improved.
How bout this for a start. I was signing out of my email account and saw an ad for a new tv series about an autistic boy who is such a savant in numbers that he can see the connections between random life events. I haven’t watched tv in 20 years, but I am obsessed with all things autistic, numbers and savants, as well as cool mind game stuff. And this is obviously gonna be garbage quality. But I am actually sorry I am missing it and hoping my brother will watch it so he can tell me the whole thing. Like I have time for this? Like I need to waste brain space on this? On the other hand I have watched a ton of lectures on you-tube about the same subjects, not hollywood garbage stuff, which is very relevant to my work.
And that’s not even the tip of the iceberg.
I was reading a book about Winnie the Pooh who was fishing in a river and I read, “Suddenly, he felt a big jerk on the line, and he pulled up a wet and soggy Piglet”. My 3 year old asked, “why did he call Piglet a jerk?”
a mamin – thank you for advocating. SG and postsem – Dr. Twerski says that pain is our signal to grow. You will learn alot about yourself now, strenghths and weaknesses, and priorities too. Don’t worry about paying attention to it or working on it, just heal and you will notice it when you have the strength to turn around and look backwards. Meanwhile, I wish you hatzlacha and koach.
I have to say I agree, but, ouch!
lemme guess – you’re playing devil’s advocate?
Ima – maybe we noticed and were respecting your privacy ; )