"Today I lost the connection to the person I once was"

"Who will laugh with me when I mention Kalman’s name? Who will chuckle at the memory of the broken vase that I hid under my pillow?”

I stood helplessly at her side. “I will, Bubby,” I whispered. “I’ll laugh with you.”

“I know that you’re here for me, but only Chaim was here with me. Today I lost the connection to the person I once was.”

The Memory Keeper

(Originally featured in Family First, Issue 750)