Abandoning Eden
Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Dropping a line

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I've been falling behind on posting about stuff.  What's been happening since thanksgiving? Mostly I've been working my butt off...
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Thursday, November 28, 2013

Thanksgivikkah Holiday Ambivalence.

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On facebook I've been talking to a friend about growing up not celebrating christmas, and the cultural ambivalence that she feels comes ...
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Friday, November 22, 2013

OTD mom realization of the day

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The love I feel for my daughter has something in common with the love I feel for my husband, and the love I felt for 1 or 2 past boyfriends,...
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Friday, November 8, 2013

Advice to women about to have their first baby

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As of today C is 15 weeks old!  This week was a very exciting week in C-ville.  On Tuesday she came with us to vote in her first election (w...
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Sunday, November 3, 2013

10 years

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10 years ago right around this time of year, my life was in total flux. I was living in NYC and in the process of applying to 10 differen...
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I grew up right wing modern orthodox Jewish, stopped keeping shabbas and kosher (secretly) in 1997 when I was 15, told my parents I was no longer religious in family therapy in 2000, reminded them a few more times in 2003 (until it finally sunk in), and admitted to myself that I didn't believe in god in 2006. In 2007 I met my husband B, an atheist and lapsed catholic, and we married in 2009. In 2010 I finished my PhD, we moved to the South where I got a job as an assistant professor, and we bought a house. In July 2013 we had a baby girl, C.

This blog is where I write about my relationship with my orthodox family, growing up jewish and going "off the derech," being a mom, home owner stuff, my veggie/fruit/herb gardening, my dogs Barkley and Max, and various other things I care about.

I can be contacted by emailing abandoningeden (at) gmail (dot) com. I reserve all rights to post any email sent to me to this blog. I don't respond to emails very regularly.
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