Becoming Jewish
This week is one of those times where things are very much the same, and yet everything is different somehow. My emotions have been intense and relatively unrelenting. And while I did everything I could do to prepare myself, I was not prepared for how this experience would make me feel. Choosing to convert to Judaism doesn’t seem strange, or out of the realm of typical, for someone like me...I married a Jewish man, I am raising Jewish kids, we are living a Jewish life... In fact many people thought I was Jewish... “Wait, what do you mean convert? I thought you already were!” For many reasons, however, I decided almost 2 years ago that I want to BE Jewish not just act it. I’m not going to go into the specifics of why, but just know that this is something that I wanted for me, and it was a very introspective and personal process. I honestly thought I was born without the DNA that allows a person to be spiritual. Turns out I had it all along, I just needed to find t...