• Vision: To my wife, I am the man of her dreams. I am strong, witty, loving, supportive, caring, and I make her feel like a woman. I help her reach her potential, and she helps me reach mine. We lean on each other, and we care about and think about each other regularly. My wife thanks G-d and me that I am in her life.
To my children: I am the roll model they need. I am strong, and they know without a doubt that I love them completely and infinitely. I support them and show them by example of who I am the kind of people they want to be. They aspire to follow on Hashem's path, and I am a roll model to help them achieve this goal. I take time to teach them and to play with them and to challenge them to grow and expand their minds, their hearts, and their souls to be the best they can be and to live their lives according to the principal of CANI (constant and never ending improvement).
To my parents: I am the son they never thought they could have. I show them that in spite of a parent's failures, children can and do correct their paths. I inspire them and I show them that living the path of Hashem IS the correct path, and that a life with compromises leads to grief. I show them that they are loved, and I make them desire to be better people.
To my brother: I am an endless source of love and compassion. I forgive when others would burn bridges. I am kind and sharing.
To my in-laws: I am the father of their grandchildren. I am a part of their family. I am their daughter's other half. They feel comfortable with me, and me with them.
• Purpose: For my wife: To add meaning to my wife's life. To make her feel cherished, important, and loved. To fill her needs and overwhelm her with more than she could ever have asked for out of life.
For my children: To inspire them to be strong where I was weak, to feel comfort where I felt none, and to have such a strong foundation that they are able to confront and overcome life's challenges with ease and joy. To teach them how to be a Jew, and how to walk the path of Hashem and to act in the footsteps of the Lubavicher Rebbe. To inspire them to be religious, well rounded, confident, mature, and learned.
For my parents: To teach them that there IS redemption. To teach them that love happens not because of what they do, but because of who they are. To inspire them to each day be better. To inspire a burning desire within them to be part of our children's lives.
For my brother: To show him the secular world that he lives in is garbage, and to inspire him to become a better, more responsible and mature person. To lead by example and show that having a happy family while being religious is possible and is the better way to live a life.
For my in-laws: To give and enforce the notion that we are family, and that they are accepted and loved at all times. To eliminate any fears that they are outside the family circle because of any kind of religious observance on our part, and that they will have an important role to share in the growth of our children.
• Roles: For my wife: Pillar of support, quiet speaker, unending attention giver, all ears, careful listener. Lover, care free and calm lover of life. Appreciator.
For my parents: Loving son.
For my brother: Forgiving brother.
• 3 to Thrive: Stay in touch with each at least weekly. Invite over for events; visit when possible. Share meaningful experiences over the phone / video.
• Resources: Wife, Children, Rabbi
• Qtr Goals: To have each feel loved and accepted by me. To smooth out any feelings of adversity felt by each. To inspire talk of a visit for an upcoming event. For in-laws, to maintain a feeling of equality and equal footing. To eliminate any feelings of charity on their part, and to inspire in them a comfort that their daughter and her family will be safe in my hands.
• 1yr Goals: Have each share their meaningful experiences with me. Have each feel close to me as if I am someone who cares about what they feel and we are part of their lives.
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