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But we ourselves, while loved, don’t belong. We don’t live on Planet Normal. We live on Planet Crazy

"Who would want to be in an institution when they could live in a real home with their own family?”

As parents we hear a lot of “How come we’re the only ones who…” But guess what? You’re not the only ones. It’s normal

This is my child and she needs and needs and needs. I can’t look at her. I can’t look at myself

With tears rolling down my face, I tried again. “Zot ha’ima sheli. She’s my mother. Please let me in”

From that moment on, every meal, and I mean every meal, was punctuated by passionate singing of the “Rebbetzin song”