Shabbat Shalom

Everyone looks forward to Fridays, but this week, I was feeling particularly drained, and it was for sure a TGIF kind of day. As one of the kids in NFTY taught be BHIS - Baruch Hashem, its Shabbat. I can't imagine how this could have been more true. I was planning a quiet relaxing dinner with my mom (after I ended up working until 10 on thursday and accidentally forgot I was supposed to have dinner with her). At around 5, Jenny and Aaron called to invite me to Shabbat dinner. I thanked them for the invitation, but told them I had plans with my mom. And thats when Aaron proved that he can guilt just as well as the rest of the family. "Talk to Jackie" I heard him say from the back seat. So Jenny put the phone on speaker and handed it to him. "Hewwo Jackie" he said. "Hello Aaron." I replied. "Shabbat Shawome" he continued to which I responded "and Shabbat Shalom to you Aaron." And it was all downhill from there. "Jackie coming to Shabbat Shawome?" I again told him I was going to grammy's for dinner. "Peas Jackie coming to Shabbat Shawome?" He begged and pleaded and worked himself into a pretty good little tizzy over me not being able to come to Shabbat dinner.

Long story short, I went to "Shabbat Shawome." It was lovely, and Aaron cracked me up. He knew exactly what to do during the prayers, and was expecially excited for the challah.

Thanks, Jenny, for a lovely dinner and a fun evening.