Awards: Children
- First Place, Susanna Leonard Hill’s 5th Annual Holiday Contest (December 2015)
- Finalist, Agent Round. September 2015 #PBParty hosted by Michelle Hauck
Awards: Grown Ups
- 2017 Finalist: TODAY Parent’s Choice Award / Iris Awards
- 2015 BlogHer Voice of the Year
- The 84th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition. Honorable Mention. Essay category. (2015)
- The 83rd Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition. 5th place winner, Inspirational Category. (2014)
- Grand Prize Winner, Build Creative Writing Ideas’s “1,000 Prompts, 1,000 Dollars” writing contest. (January 2014)
Online Publications
The Huffington Post
- “To My Muslim-American Friend: About That Hijab” (HuffPost Voices/Religion – August 2016)
- “To The 17-Year-Old Who ‘No Repped’ Me During A CrossFit Workout” (HuffPost Voices/Women-August 2016)
- “My Grandmother’s 16 Definite-lys For A Good Life” (August 2016)
- “4 Reasons Why We Thank Our School Crossing Guard” (HuffPost Voices/Parenting-August 2016)
- “My Brush With The Greatest Generation” (Sept. 2016)
- “How We Navigate Our Interfaith Marriage” (Sept. 2016)
- “Why CrossFit Is The Right Fit Right Now For My Tween” (Oct. 2016)
- “Laundry Room Mishpacha: A Rosh Hashanah Tale” (Oct. 2016)
- “To The Veteran Suffering From PTSD” (Nov. 2016)
- “Thank You to Our President-Elect for the Wake Up Call” (Nov. 2016)
- “The Best Gift My Father Gave To Me” (Dec. 2016)
- “A Feminist Rising” (Jan. 2017)
- “2 Things We Thought About Before Delaying Our Son For Kindergarten” (HuffPost Voices/Parenting-March 2017)
- “What Our Interfaith Seder Looks Like” (HuffPost Voices/Religion-April 2017)
- “To The Domestic Violence Survivors I Work With: About Your Children” (HuffPost Impact-April 2017)
Brain, Child
- “One, Lucky Granddaughter” (January 2015)
- Appeared on Mothering Magazine’s website
Scary Mommy
- “How CrossFit Pushed Me Way Out of My Comfort Zone and Changed My Life” (June 2015) – Club Mid
- “An Open Letter to the Real Deal” (October 2015) – Club Mid
- “Let Him Be Late” renamed “Why I Let my Son Be Late to School” (January 2016)
InterFaithFamily.com
- “Laundry Room Mishpacha; A Rosh Hashanah Tale” (September 2015)
- “Turn Jew and I’ll Marry You” (September 2015)
Mamalode
- “Take Away One” (April 2016)
- “On Becoming an iPhone Addict” (November 2015)
- “A Mother’s Mantra” (September 2015)
- “A Letter to My Palestinian-American Muslim Friend” (December 2014)
- “The Day I Deleted Minecraft; a Letter to My Son” (October 2014)
Your Tango
Grand Magazine
- “My Brush with Greatness” (November 2015)
TODAY Show & TODAY Parents (website and Facebook pages)
- “The Day I Deleted Minecraft; A Letter to My Son” (January 2016)
- “4 Reasons We Thank Our School Crossing Guard” (September 2016)
- “2 Things We Thought About Before Redshirting Our Son” (March 2017, August 2017)
- “To The Domestic Violence Survivors I Work With: About Your Children” (April 2017)
- “To My Son: What I Found On Your Flickr Page” (September 2017)
- “Tribes, Crews & Cliques…Oh My!” (March 2018)
For Every Mom
- “The Day I Deleted Minecraft; A Letter to My Son” (January 2016 & May 2016)
Kveller
- “This is What Our Interfaith Seder is Like” (April 2016)
CrossFit HQ & The CrossFit Games (Facebook & Twitter pages)
- “To The Young Lady Who No Repped Me During The CrossFit Open; Thank You” (April 2016)
- “Why CrossFit Is The Right Fit Right Now For My Tween” (Oct. 2016)
The Mighty
Print Publications
The New York Times
- Letter to the Editor; Reducing the stress on students (January 2016)
Brain, Child Magazine
- “My Middle School Mantra” (Fall 2016)
Red Said What? 
I am so glad I met you at the SCBWI conference last year. Your blog is so smart, funny, and outspoken. I’m nominating you for a Very Inspiring Blogger Award. Details here: http://wp.me/p4fhx0-iX
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Thank you! So glad to have met you as well. My Inspiring Blogger award post is coming out on 2/1 and of course, you are already on my list. Thank you for your dedication to young readers and their families!
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Gosh, so much catching up to do on here today and now I can’t even remember if I thanked you for the follow. If not, please know it means alot! I look forward to reading more of your posts as well! And thank you for the help earlier!
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Please throw in the self-absorption to the mix. It wouldn’t be a blog otherwise! Looking forward to more. Thanks to Donna for re-blogging so others can discover you.
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Just met you, so to speak, on Kathleen Temean’s Writing and Illustrating blog. I am also a fellow SCBWI’er. As you can see from all the ‘like’s I’ve hit, I think I’ve been smitten, in a kindred spirit kind of way. I look forward to hearing more from you….
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Thank you so much for taking the time to read my posts and for such a positive response! I’m flattered and apologize for the delayed reply. I look forward to reading more of your work as well and am impressed by the spectacular layout of your blog. I would love to perhaps talk inspirational pieces, rants, and all things picture books in the future. Wishing you continued success!
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Thank you again Red-and I am sooooo looking forward to your next piece. Much success to you too!
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