Thursday, November 12, 2026

“No, but I’m a little bit ‘stitious’.” – Michael Scott

Ha! Same!

Join me today for the Global Writing Challenge where this month’s topic is superstition with the other ladies. Here is the link!

First, I have to say something about the word “superstitious”. My husband Tom was born in Germany to a German mother and an American military father. He moved to Kentucky at age 2 but still had an aunt, uncles, grandfather and cousins in the north of Germany. We have hosted his cousin’s kids during the summer and it was a great experience. One of them, Moritz, thought “superstitious” was the funniest word in the English language so I can’t say it without thinking of him!

Moritz is now living in NYC and has started his own company with former classmates from MIT where he did a graduate program. You might remember that Mason stayed with him last summer. Moritz is 26 now.

I wouldn’t say I am particularly superstitious but I’m also not going to do stupid things like walk under a ladder or walk in the path of a black cat. I’ve been known to knock on wood, too. I have also thrown some salt over one shoulder. I’m careful with mirrors.

I think I was raised thinking that superstitions were anti-Christian. If your hope is in God, that means you shouldn’t put your belief system in superstitions.

Do I believe in karma? I do believe that the good you put into the world does something for you? Maybe it just gives you a good feeling? If there is someone that does something bad and then something bad happens to them people enjoy shouting, “KARMA”. I don’t think karma played into my Christian teachings as a child, either.

I like the idea of a “mitzvah” in the Jewish faith. I taught some Jewish students through the years and they told me if I had done a “mitzvah”. Mitzvah actually means commandment, but many people use the term for just any good deed or act of charity. You shouldn’t do acts of charity to receive credit or get attention, though. If I donate, I just say “anonymous” instead of giving my name because of this. I think my parents told me to do good things without expecting credit.

Are you superstitious? Are you a little stitious?

Amy