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Purim & Mardi Gras

JessicaFebruary 26, 2020March 6, 2021
Today is Mardi Gras, the famous Catholic day of feasting & fun, it is the prelude to Ash Wednesday in which many faithful around the world prepare for Easter with fasting & austerity. But thisContinue reading
Student Series! Hannukah
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Student Series! Hannukah

JessicaDecember 18, 2017October 1, 2019

For many Americans Hanukkah is just the Jewish version of Christmas, only theirs stretches overContinue reading

Jewish Holidays: Foods of Rosh HaShanah
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Jewish Holidays: Foods of Rosh HaShanah

JessicaSeptember 22, 2017September 28, 2019

Again, I am not Jewish but I do seem to study Jewish rituals and traditionsContinue reading

Book Review! The Sabbath World
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Book Review! The Sabbath World

JessicaAugust 20, 2017July 4, 2021

I was struggling a lot this past year to find a work/life balance. I wasContinue reading

Student Series! The Sabbath
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Student Series! The Sabbath

JessicaApril 14, 2017November 20, 2019

This is a blog post from one of my students last year on the JewishContinue reading

Jewish Holidays: Purim
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Jewish Holidays: Purim

JessicaMarch 11, 2017November 20, 2019

Tonight begins Purim! Known as Judaism’s most joyous festival because it celebrates the salvation ofContinue reading

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My mom’s LAST SPRING BREAK before retirement 🥳 
1-3. My parents took William to the Winter Haven airport to spend the day working on the plane & the hanger. (Yes it was chilly!) ✈️ 
4. Having fun with 20th century art with #aparthistory 🖼️ 
5. My mom took William to the library for story time. 📕 
6. Soup & Stations of the Cross (toddler style) with friends on Friday. 🥣 ✝️ 
7-8. Tavares for the annual antique car & boat show 🚤 🚙 + day date for us! 🍹🍸 
9. The favorite sandbox in his super fly church outfit. 🏖️ 
••• #jisforjourney #airplane #winterhavenflorida #librarystorytime #21monthsold #boatshow #arthistory #fauvism #highschoolteacher #cocktails #daydate #springbreak #abuelos #ito #ita #stationsofthecross #catholic #sandbox
S P R I N G 🏝️ B R E A K ~ 1. New book! @shan S P R I N G 🏝️ B R E A K ~ 1. New book! @shannonkevans 📚 2. Three days on the east coast visiting grandma, dear friends & the beach. 🏖️ 4. A nap that ended too soon was finished up in the hammock. 💤 5-7. St. Patrick’s day at the @centralflzoo & #sandfording ☘️ 🦒 8. Animal Kingdom morning with friends. 🌳 🦓 9. Sunday video chatting with @jeanette_ortega @j1nsu & house projects with dad. 🔨 🪟 📱 ••• #jisforjourney #disneyworld #animalkingdom #springbreak #beach #floridalife #feministprayersformydaughter #toddlerlife #stpatricksday
Last week we had exams because this week is spring Last week we had exams because this week is spring break. 🏖️ So lots of end of the quarter frustrations 😤 matched by silly fun with a toddler. ••• 1-2. Making cooking fun when one on one with a toddler is not easy but very much worth it. 👩🏻‍🍳 3. FaceTime with Ita. 📱 4. Sharing a meal together when @thefuriosity has tennis means dinner is SIMPLE. 🍕 🥗 5. Video from William’s amazing caretaker. 🛝 6-7. Picking up a few groceries @winndixie 🛒 8-10. Kicking off spring break with Saturday tennis, a car nap&  then afternoon #sanfording 🎾 😴 ••• #toddlerlife #cooking #tennis #winndixie #20monthsold #jisforjourney
This week hah a lot going on! Many late nights for This week hah a lot going on! Many late nights for @thefuriosity due to tennis & science fair. I’ve learned I cannot cook the nights he’s gone so I plan our meals out very carefully. 👩🏻‍🍳 🗓️ ••• Photos 1-3. Cooking & eating with my little man. I make sure to send pics/videos to Will when he’s not home for dinner. 🥘 Alll the rest of the photos are from Saturday. This weekend was filled with REST because we were both burnt out. ••• Other things that went on this week: Tennis matches Tuesday & Thursday 🎾 We hosted 4 friends for dinner Wednesday #crockpotsavedtheday 🥣 Science fair stuff & tennis team meal Friday but Will took the toddler for the afternoon so I could get some work done at a tea shop 🧋💻 Saturday movie night with @juleslovesreading 🎥 ••• #jisforjourney #19monthsold #cooking #couchnaps #coloring #gooutsideandplay
TWO WEEK ROUND UP! &&& I apologize, they’re out TWO WEEK ROUND UP! &&& I apologize, they’re out of order. 📸 (While I’m not totally off social media for Lent, I’ve stepped back a lot!) 💜🖤••• 1. Hanging at @oviedotennis - I try to take William at least once a week. 🎾 2. #aparthistory making some storyboards for Tete a Tete from Marriage a la Mode. 🖼️ 3, 5, 6. @jeanette_ortega & @j1nsu American wedding reception. 👩‍❤️‍👨 4. Brunch with The Four Girls 💃💃💃💃7. Breakfast with Ito & Ita while mom & dad sleep in. 🍳 8. Bougie toddler lunchbox 🍱 9 & 10. William went to @waltdisneyworld for first first visit with @acalvo_94 so that mom & dad had a day off. 🏰 ••• #jisforjourney #2weeks #disneyworld #tenniscoach #highschoolteacher #guayabera #magickingdom #lunchbots #family
Not much to say this week but that l, although we Not much to say this week but that l, although we are in a REALLY busy season of life, I’m still really enjoying running around with a toddler. ••• #highschoolteacher #momlife #19monthsold #jisforjourney
A rundown of the week: - @thefuriosity was gone at A rundown of the week:
- @thefuriosity was gone at UF for a science competition Sunday afternoon to Tuesday evening 🧪 🐝 
- Monday William got his last infant vaccine 💉 
- Wednesday I tutored at the library 📚 & had an allergy shot appointment 💉 
- Thursday & Friday we had a grumpy, teething baby (a few night wakings this week) 🦷 
- tennis season is in FULL swing with practice every afternoon 🎾 
- Saturday was regional science fair so William & I hung out at the high school Friday to support 🧬 
- @thefuriosity & I are both judges for science fair (don’t worry I do the arts & humanities category) 🖼️ 
- Sunday we drove to Ocala National Forest to see @jeanette_ortega @j1nsu & the German gang 🚌 And that’s a wrap! ••• #jisforjourney #19monthsold #aparthistory #highschoolteachers #sciencefair #teachersofinstagram #thankgoodnessforourvillage
SUNDAY RECAP! 📸 1. This week was literacy week SUNDAY RECAP! 📸 1. This week was literacy week at my school, so I had to bust out my Catholic books mug from @dappledlightdoodles 📚 2 & 3. AP Art History had a little competition rebuilding, Rachel Ruysch’s Fruits and Insects. 🖼️ 4-5. Meltdown to blissfully enjoying a book by himself. 😤 📖 6. Curriculum Night #twinning 🗺️ 7- the end. Weekend living with this dude. @thefuriosity is at a research event at UF until Tuesday - let’s see who survives these next days victorious: William or Momma??? •• #jisforjourney #aparthistory #highschoolteacher #rachelruysch #fruitsandinsects #toddlertantrums #18monthsold #sandbox #radioflyer #dinnerselfie
It’s not a very photogenic week, but it was a bu It’s not a very photogenic week, but it was a busy one. 
1-3. William loves to help out in the kitchen, and we really encourage him to do so, even though it definitely creates a much bigger mess than I need. 🧑‍🍳 🥘 
4-7. Just basic every day living. 🧸 🚗 
8-10. We had a lovely family filled weekend at my mother-in-law‘s on Saturday & a huge thank you to @courtney.furiosi & Dillon for taking William to the @centralflzoo so we could have a few hours alone.🦒 🦓 🌳 #jisforjourney #toddlerlife #zoo #kitchen #mess #unfilteredmotherhood
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Hello! My name is Jessica & I am the content creator of J is for Journey; I started this blog way back in the fall of 2013 when I left to teach English Italy. And here I am, many years later, still blogging about travel, art history and religion – my three great passions in life. Now, with the birth of our son, I have added a fourth passion: motherhood. I hope you enjoy the journey!

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