This week we reached a new milestone as our daughter received her Driving Permit, and for the first time we have one of our own children sitting behind a steering wheel.
At first, I myself was pretty nervous at the thought of this, but quickly realized that this means that our children are growing up and enabling them to drive and sit behind the wheel of a car, is a part of that process. I told myself that our daughter is very responsible and she will be a cautious and safe driver.
Our first drive was in the parking lot of Chabad and that went pretty well and it was exciting for her and relatively uneventful. Our second drive was a little different as I told my daughter we are going to go on a road and sh… Read More »
One of the greatest gifts that we have been endowed with as human beings is "Free Choice". Free choice means that each and every action that we choose to do is fully guided by our choice alone and not simply part of our destiny or the way we were made. Free choice means that when we choose to do good, it has a special unique value to it, as we could have easily have chosen to do the opposite, yet instead we chose the better option.
Did you know that in a study done in the US it was found that an average American spends 67 minutes per day eating and drinking beverages as part of their daily meals. When you include snacking time and drinking time while doing other activities that number is almost doubled. This does not include time spent on buying food, planning what to make and preparing food, taking selfies and more which could easily add another hour or two to the amount of hours spent on food consumption.