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Recap: Ruchama realizes that she needs to tell her mother about her scary symptoms. A girl in her class named Vivian threatens her if she doesn’t stop writing the research paper. Although she threatened her, Ruchama feels she should keep working on it because there is a possibility that it will be published in a newspaper.

How do we prepare our children for the next stage of their lives?  Many young adults are off to Israel, others continuing to learn and still others are coming back and starting college.  We all daven that it all works out. But as we do, doing our hishtadlus is just as important.  The path of life is so vast, so wide and so winding.  Here are some myths to be wary about.

A will is a written instrument whereby an individual provides for the distribution of his or her property at the time of death. There are two critical reasons why you should have an attorney draft your will. First, skilled attorneys are equipped to deal with complex legal issues, including, for example, trusts created under the will for tax planning, or trusts created to benefit minor children or disabled children. In addition, an experienced attorney can ensure that the will is signed in compliance with New York State’s formal requirements for the signing of a will. The failure to follow these rules may result in that will being invalidated. 

Recap: Yonah wants to warn Mickey about the danger he is in, but Mickey just shrugs it off.

 I decided I would say something to my mother tonight about the scary feeling I kept experiencing. I replayed what had happened in my mind. A scary, far away, fuzzy feeling. Short-term memory loss. Why was Hashem doing this to me? Please, Hashem, take it away. Please. I dreaded telling my mother, because I dreaded the worried look she would have in her eyes. I didn’t want a name. I didn’t want a label put on my symptoms.

Dear Alice:

 I recently had a steroid injection for back pain, and suddenly my appetite is out of control! How do I handle this?

 Signed,

Suddenly Starved

Dear Alice:

 I’m going away to camp for the whole summer and worked so hard on losing 30 pounds and couldn’t be happier. However, I really don’t want to ruin all the hard work! Help! Any tips that can help me “survive” without getting too off track and at least maintain my loss?