When I sit down to write, the whole crew gathers around 🐶🐈🐈. Doesn’t take long for Dax to start chasing the kitties but we have a few nice moments together. Gemma and Leo have come out of their shells! They have zero fear of the dog. They can still be skittish but have definitely warmed up.

As my husband said in Molly’s eulogy, she was a very Jewish girl. We proudly shine our lights 🕎. We will never hide or be ashamed of being Jews. Chag Hanukkah Sameach to our Jewish brothers and sisters around the world 🙏. All our love to you from Santa Monica, CA. #teammolly

Today is 9 years since my diagnosis with stage 3B breast cancer. This was taken a few months later, on a break between chemo sessions. I forgot today was my cancerversary until my bestie just reminded me! I never thought that would be possible. Cancer used to be constantly on my mind.

Love this boy! He’s written two books on my laptop. A fictional story called “Cyber Night” and “A Kid’s Life,” loosely based on his own adventures (& misadventures 😅). They’re substantial & creative! When he’s not writing, he illustrates. I said he should publish them. Would you read a book by Eli?

This post isn’t intended to shame anyone who’s making a turkey today. I am too. I just miss my girl, who was so passionate about the lives of animals that she sent this to her friends in an effort to recruit more vegetarians 😉.

I've heard worse ideas.👀

Gemma and Leo 💕

Our furniture distribution weekend at the American Legion will now feature Santa and Mrs. Claus passing out toys to the kids and posing for photos with them 🎅🤶🎄. The American Legion told us that families are coming in looking for holiday decorations but the few things they have are old and broken 😞.

This is our street after the Palisades fire. Thousands in the Pacific Palisades, Malibu and Altadena have similar photos of the charred remnants of their homes and neighborhoods. Many of our fellow Angelinos are hurting this holiday season, especially those who were hardest hit by the LA fires.

Please send a Christmas ornament to the TEAMMOLLY Community Space, 11400 W. Olympic Blvd, Suite 300, LA 90064 🙏🎄❤️. You can also donate new ornaments, holiday decor and toys for the kids of our furniture grant recipient families via our Target and Amazon community wishlists. #teammolly

Our From House to Home initiative with Housing on Merit is in full swing! We’ve received over 300 grant applications and provided $50k in grants to qualified applicants so far. The Molly Steinsapir Foundation newsletter contains all the links that you need to be part of this! eepurl.com/jssAL6

The Molly Steinsapir Foundation dramatically expanded this year, in response to the LA fires. We immediately jumped in to help and haven’t stopped! From House to Home is our largest initiative to date, providing Palisades & Eaton fire survivors with access to new furniture at low or no cost 👇.

Free and fair elections are good for business. Having a stable rule of law is important to the economy. Not having people afraid to go to work because they might be beaten up or disappeared is essential to a productive workforce. Democracy is essential for a strong economy.

Dax is trying to chill while these kitties are making mischief 🙀!

Lazy Sunday morning.

Kitties are becoming braver by the day, especially our little girl, Gemma. Daxy is being a good boy today and not chasing them.

Leo’s embodying some of Leroy’s swagger this morning 👑.

When the world feels dark, it’s incumbent to add light. No act of kindness, service or unity is too small. The Molly Steinsapir Foundation delivered 200 new backpacks full of school supplies to the Altadena Community Center. We’re delivering an additonal 100 to the Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena.

I’m sickened that a 31-year-old husband and father was murdered on a university campus today. At the same time, another school shooting 😡. Reject the culture of hate & division that festers online. Stop dehumanizing others. Loudly condemn acts of violence regardless of which “side” commits them.

Just start. Otherwise, it may never happen.

What an honor to be recognized by a true public servant who ALWAYS shows up - Councilwoman Traci Park 🤩! I know Molly is proud of the work we do through her foundation. We’ve expanded to help meet the challenges facing LA fire survivors and create space for people to come together. #TEAMMOLLY

This is so true. It’s making us depressed, sick and angry at each other all the time.

This was my elementary school. I’m relieved no one was hurt but this standoff must’ve been so terrifying for everyone there. abc30.com/post/person-...

Getting out there and making the best of this fine day. Happy 4th, ya’ll!

So proud that Molly met @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social and Justice Sotomayor. Thank you, Senator Gillibrand for standing with the Jews of NY against discrimination and hate crimes. Thank you, Justice Sotomayor, for standing up for the Constitution. #teammolly

I miss you, Molly. With every breath I take, I miss you.

It’s true. I am here, but not really. In the quiet moments, which I avoid tbh because they’re so painful, I say, how could you leave me? Why didn’t you come back? I don’t want to be here without you. Where are you?! I miss you. I need you. I love you. God, please let her feel her mother’s love 🙏.

I felt very loved on my birthday. Thank you all for the beautiful messages. Despite it all, life is good!

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It’s my birthday so it seemed appropriate to eat cake before lunch 🍰🍓🎂. I managed a few bites before this guy devoured the rest 😂. Grateful to have made it to 48!

It’s been a helluva week 😵‍💫. So this is my dinner!

Senator Padilla was driven violently to his knees–as if made to kneel before the authority of the executive–because the administration called his questions “disrespectful”. This should offend not just the other 99 Senators. It should offend the conscience of this country.

Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.

The American people must rise up. Millions of us. There is other option. We won’t survive 3.5 more years of this shit. Some literally won’t survive. Our democracy definitely won’t. Treat this like the emergency that it is ‼️ Call your reps! Peacefully protest! RISE. UP.

The American people must rise up. Millions of us. There is no other option. We won’t survive 3.5 more years of this shit. Some literally won’t survive. Our democracy definitely won’t. Treat this like the house on fire emergency that it is ‼️ Call your reps! Peacefully protest! RISE. UP.

On Twitter I see images of LA on fire and bootlickers and their bots calling for state violence. On Bluesky I see people in LA posting images of their pets and brunches. The pick your own adventure era of information is one factor among many contributing to our democratic backsliding.

A robin made a nest in one of my plant pots right outside my studio. The baby birds are hatching today.

They’re ripping kids out of their parents’ arms—again. In America. In our names. DHS raids don’t just “enforce law”—they shatter families like glass on pavement. A child’s scream isn’t collateral damage. It’s the sound of a democracy losing its soul. This is cruelty by design.

This is important. And while I'm not from LA, I am from Hawaii, so let me emphasize this message the best way I know how.

#TEAMMOLLY can’t wait to be part of this amazing event in Venice tomorrow! Look for us in the non-profits section. We’ll be the most colorful & fun one 💜🩷💛💙🩵💚❤️🧡! Help spread the word about our community space! We have donations plus free classes & services for EVERYONE impacted by the LA fires.

This jacaranda tree outside our teammolly community space brings me joy 💜 💜 💜. Driving is one of my least favorite activities and, since the fires, I do much more of it. Jacarandas in bloom throughout LA have made my commute hours brighter. They’re magical.

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If you've been screaming "Globalize the Intifada" for the last year and a half, you don't get to suddenly claim that Elias Rodriguez and Mohamed Saliman are lone-wolf actors. They aren't outside your movement. They are your movement.

My girl would have written something like this. Molly was a proud Jew. I am a proud Jew, too.

Unbelievably horrified by this attack in Boulder. We don’t know the full story of the attacker, but no matter what it is, let me be clear: Senseless, antisemitic attacks do not help Palestinians, Jews, or Israelis. Committing terror attacks against people standing for hostages is disgusting.

People so often overlook the importance of good penmanship.

It’s striking how often hate toward Jewish Americans is met with silence. In a country that prides itself on justice and free speech, too many look away. Standing up against antisemitism shouldn’t be political—it should be moral. Indifference only fuels it.