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Sarah Abenaim

Articles by Sarah Abenaim

When We Leave Them Behind

For the first time in four years, my husband and I took a trip without our children this summer. We woke up early in the

These Walls Have Words

Today, I went to the bathroom and committed the crime of wanting to go in alone. My toddler wanted to enter with me to observe

The Invalid Actress

“I think you should come pick up your daughter from school,” the nurse’s voice said over the phone, with some urgency, to my mother. Apparently,

The Trending Gap

It was a cold, wintery night and my mother showed up at my house to drop off some packages. As she stepped into the light,

Revising the Rules

For the past two years, I’ve had a rule. If my (bigger) kids get up for school and are down for breakfast by a specified

The Floor Is Yours

Some of my kids have a problem. They pick things up to use or play with, and when they are done they drop it on

For the Love of Gifts

“What can we bring back from Israel?” my in-laws once offered, over the phone, when they were about to travel. “Nothing! Really, nothing,” I said,

Diaper Nation

My mom used to use cloth diapers on my youngest brother, in an effort to preserve the environment. The other five of us were spared

Cool Girls Get Cool Lunches

I stayed up extra late tonight because I was making a duct tape bow for my daughter’s lunch. Duct tape bows are not in any