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Do You Ever Forget Your First Love?

February 4, 2023February 4, 2023 Iris Ruth Pastor

Let me be clear: my husband is my soul mate. We have been married almost 47 years. However – and this is a BIG however – he was NOT my FIRST LOVE. My boyfriend and I started going steady in 9th grade – although we were already throwing sneaky sidelong glances at each other during Continue reading

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I Couldn’t Have Been More Wrong…

January 27, 2023January 27, 2023 Iris Ruth Pastor

It is 3 p.m.He is the last speaker in a long line of speakers, which had begun at 8 a.m. I am attending a holistic health summit. Some of the speakers are riveting and some are technical and above my pay grade. On the verge of a major headache from information overload, I am tempted to skip-out on Continue reading

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I want to know about YOU

January 20, 2023January 27, 2023 Iris Ruth Pastor

You certainly know a lot about ME. I would like to know more about YOU. Please feel free to answer some or all of the questions below and send back to me.    What is your biggest challenge? Best book you read in 2022? What is your favorite way to relax? Name a healthy habit you currently have or would like to adopt?  What is Continue reading

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A Compulsion That Can’t Be Corralled In

January 13, 2023January 19, 2023 Iris Ruth Pastor

I’m sorry. I just can’t resist.It’s a compulsion that just can’t be corralled in.(I think I’ve been bingeing on too many Yellowstone episodes – I’m starting to think like a cowboy.) It’s a New Year and a New Year calls for a whole new array of quotes to inspire and entertain. And a very thoughtful friend gave me a Continue reading

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First The Muddling, Then The Clarity

January 6, 2023January 19, 2023 Iris Ruth Pastor

The beginning of this new year for me is not just about making resolutions, but is centered on trying to gain clarity over what my core values really are – not just muddling through with no clear vision – which, by the way, is what I normally do. I have one advantage though: living in a Continue reading

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The Best Way to End One Year & Usher in the Next

December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 Iris Ruth Pastor

Today is the second to last day of 2022 and already I am in full self-improvement mode.     I’ve got a brand-new planner     I’m looking into quickbooks to solve my book keeping needs     And I’m stoked because this is the year I will get thinner, more organized and more computer savvy (I declare those Continue reading

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What Happens When We Don’t Get What We Need?

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 Iris Ruth Pastor

The holidays bring families together who live far apart. Laughter rings out through our homes. Joyous toasts are made. Connections strengthened. Bonds solidified once again – whether we are lighting yet another Chanukah candle or gazing with wonder at the twinkling lights of the Christmas tree – or like so many in today’s world – Continue reading

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Life Got in the Way

December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 Iris Ruth Pastor

Sometimes life just gets in the way of putting out my newsletter.Sometimes things have to get worsebefore they can ever get better. This time it was a meniscus tearin my right kneefrom dancing 4 hours straight in high heelslike I was still 23! Pain, swelling, throbbing followed the procedure.A little disorientation, A little bit of fever. And extended loopiness stemming from the Continue reading

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A Stunning Surprise

December 9, 2022December 9, 2022 Iris Ruth Pastor

It all started with a white ceramic piggy bank in the shape of a baseball – filled with masses of pennies – that my five-year-old grandson wanted to lug back to Connecticut. Of course, I said “Yes.” In the confusion of packing up a five-year-old, a two-year-old and an infant, the piggy bank was forgotten by Levi’s Continue reading

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Trying to be THE MATRIARCH

December 2, 2022December 2, 2022 Iris Ruth Pastor

I looked around the Thanksgiving table. There were three generations of us ranging in age from 3 months to 75 years. I was the 75 year-old – the most elderly in the room. Certainly not the most mature, nor the most logical nor the most observant. But definitely the OLDEST. As usual, there was a big crowd and as Continue reading

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Incidentally, Iris

For the past ten years, Iris’s “Incidentally Iris” column has appeared in The American Israelite, a weekly newspaper for Cincinnati’s Jewish community and the American Jewish community. Founded as The Israelite on July 15,1854, by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, the paper today is the oldest English-Jewish weekly in America and the second oldest in the world. (The London Jewish Chronicle was founded in 1841.) Read Incidentally, Iris columns on The American Israelite