As I sit in my flat thinking about the upcoming New Year, September 18th, I have been extremely excited about what the New Year means for me and my Jewish mish’paca îשׂפּëאָ (Hebrew word for family). The reflecting on and confessing of one’s sins in order to wipe the slate clean for the upcoming New Year, always, for Jews go hand in hand. I love this High Holy Day, along with its traditions, so much it always gives me hope that after my name goes in the book for one more year so do my hopes and dreams. I live everyday for the hope that I am living the one life that I’ve got to the fullest. However, when one is in and out of relationships, one tends to get jaded and subsequently schleps the baggage from one relationship into the next. In the Jewish tradition of forgiving the debts of all who owe you and paying the debts of all you owe, I always wonder, “In a perfect world, what would happen if we translated this into our relationships?”