The Girl That Was: Chapter 10
| September 6, 2022My eyes opened wide. Mrs. Schonfeld was sharing something so personal. Mrs. Schonfeld didn’t have a perfect life?
“Mindy, I want you to know that for the past year I have been davening for Hashem to give you strength and clarity. I didn’t reach out to you until now because I wanted to give you time. I don’t know if it was the right decision or not, but I based it on my own personal experience. My mother died when I was in 9th grade and I didn’t want anyone to know. I didn’t want to be singled out for anything. I didn’t want to be a girl without a mother. I just wanted to be me.”
My eyes opened wide. Mrs. Schonfeld was sharing something so personal. Mrs. Schonfeld didn’t have a perfect life? And Mrs. Schonfeld’s mother died too? I didn’t know what to say. I was in shock.
But she continued talking.
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