As mothers, we’re influential in creating the memories that will accompany our children through life. Here, three women reflect on their role as memory maker
What Sticks
Rachael Lavon
I’m not sure where it comes from, this sudden need to manufacture memories, only that it nestles sometime before Rosh Hashanah, and it stays.
“Esti’s three. She’s going to remember this Rosh Hashanah,” I tell my husband while poring over cookbooks and menus. “The memory will live inside her! Forever!” I can sometimes be a tad dramatic.
“Just don’t stress,” he tells me, as if that’s the solution.
The problem is that I’m not just trying to give my kids a beautiful Yom Tov. I want to deposit something spectacular into their memory banks. I want their recollections of Rosh Hashanah to be vibrant and powerful.
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