Pam Janis, Author at Moment Magazine

28 Oct

Living in New York City circa 1979-1980 was a test of fortitude, not the least of which involved the rats. The rat harvest was plentifu...

20 May

“Your cat is in business class.” Startled, I looked up from my magazine and regarded the flight attendant. She couldn’t mean my cat,...

18 Feb

It’s been a tough week, generally speaking, to present the idea of beshert as a positive “meant-to-be” experience. Snow. Ice. Massive p...

22 Oct

Some days are made from “Who says life has to be fair?” Some days you get a bolt of beshert from the blue.

19 Mar

“I dreamed of certain outcomes. But it’s the ones I didn’t see coming that feel exactly right—beshert.”

10 Oct

Beshert surprised me in the five-pound form of a rescue cat with one eye and a crooked gait.