Our children grow up and establish their own lives. This gives us joy and it gives us pain
Moderated by Faigy Peritzman
I’M the mother of a wonderful family, blessed with five daughters and two sons, kein ayin hara.
I had a wonderful time raising my kids. We had fun cooking, baking, and clocked in hours of schmoozing. Of course, I went through my share of regular hardships in child-rearing, but as the kids started getting older, the girls especially became like my close friends.
When they started getting married, they called to update me on everything that was going on in their homes and lives, and I reciprocated. We had a beautiful relationship.
Now that all five girls are married, a new dynamic has evolved. They’re extremely close with each other. They talk for hours on the phone, sometimes on a five-way conference call — but for some reason, I’m not part of that!
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