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Yes, this is a child with issues. Yes, she ran away from home. Does that make it okay for you to cut us out of her life?

This year I’m not looking for much at all, thank goodness. You know, just health, happiness, sustenance. The usual

It hovers around the room, this helplessness, this vulnerable, horrible loneliness that makes us all so human

I opened the cover now the way I’d greet a long-lost friend, holding my breath and wondering what I’d remember

I took a deep breath and said, “I noticed your maiden name is Fraiman. That’s also my mother’s maiden name”

“The mekubal said to stop worrying so much. It’s not as bad as you think. You need more bitachon”