Tag Archive for 'sukkot'

With Kidlet in Kenya

DIY Holidays

Joanna Goldberg sends weekly communiqués from Kenya, where she’s living with her kid

Kenya Halloween

Living abroad with my kid, I experience a clawing desire to celebrate the same holidays we cherish at home, the same way we would at home. Perhaps it’s a way for me to keep my daughter Cameron connected to her life and family back home, or to inject an element of normalcy into her daily life so it’s not all barbed wire, poverty, tortoises and matatus. In any case, I find myself going way above and beyond what I’d do back home when a familiar holiday hits our home.

Sukkot: The lulav is the lemon, right?