The Five Stages Of Bar/Bat Mitzvah Grief

Or What To Expect When You’re Expecting…A Bar Mitzvah.

A portrait of the artist as a young Bar Mitzvah boy. I’m still not sure about the tape at the bottom of the photo. From the David Volk Collection.

I love my son. He’s a great kid, but he has some of the same challenges as every kid who has ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Rather than list them all today, however, I’d just like to spend a minute kvelling over his great accomplishment this week after preparing for his big event not once, but twice…