Happy Yom Kippur....
I don't have an excuse not to go to services for Yom Kippur.
Every year since I've been away at school, it's been during the week and I've had to work. This year, it's on Saturday.
My mom gave me the usual call, asking me if I was coming home for it. I said I didn't know, which really meant no. Then I got my monthly dose of "You're Jewish, remember?"
So really, it's just time to let my mother know I don't agree with the religion I've grown up with. That, and I should probably let myself know, too. Why am I still planning on fasting when I don't believe in fasting? I'm superstitious about it or something, otherwise I wouldn;t keep doing it every year.
Bottom line is, I don't want to go. I was dragged to it all during my childhood, and I can make my own decisions now.
Am I making the right one?
Every year since I've been away at school, it's been during the week and I've had to work. This year, it's on Saturday.
My mom gave me the usual call, asking me if I was coming home for it. I said I didn't know, which really meant no. Then I got my monthly dose of "You're Jewish, remember?"
So really, it's just time to let my mother know I don't agree with the religion I've grown up with. That, and I should probably let myself know, too. Why am I still planning on fasting when I don't believe in fasting? I'm superstitious about it or something, otherwise I wouldn;t keep doing it every year.
Bottom line is, I don't want to go. I was dragged to it all during my childhood, and I can make my own decisions now.
Am I making the right one?