When we go to visit my youngest sister at “camp boo” in the summer, we enjoy one of their many traditions of “Highs and Lows.” It is a simple one.
At dinner we go around the table and share the high moment and low moment of the day. Sometimes there are as many as 13 guests around the dinner table, so there’s a lot of sharing going on.
When I try to do this sharing thing around my small family table at home, I usually get groans and reluctant participation. They don’t enjoy it as much as I or the campers at my sister’s table do.
I love this kind of stuff. It could probably be said that I am one of those people who is always trying to appreciate the meaning in the moment.
I also like to make New Year’s resolutions. I do it every year. The cool thing about being Jewish is that we celebrate the Jewish New Year in the fall and then there’s another one in January. I know that Chinese New Year is also an option, but I have not gone there yet.
One of my many resolutions last January was to start using the calendar on my computer. I have been very successful at this, adding a smart phone to the mix and syncing the two. I have even gone so far as to find a way to update my husband’s electronic calendar with our family schedule.
For Rosh Hashanah I usually take a more spiritual approach. But I make resolutions nonetheless.
So instead of torturing my family this year, I have decided to turn to you and ask: What is your New Year’s resolution for 5772?
Perhaps you will be more like the campers at “camp boo.”
Being Jewish in Hawaii 