Style & Living

Needing surgery to fix a broken ankle is an experience that can create a lot of distress and uncertainty. Even when everything goes well, there are certain aspects of the recovery that can be a cause for concern. How large will the incision be and will it heal properly? Will the metal plates and screws be felt under the skin? How long until the foot can bear weight?

Recap: While Bayla, Sophie, and Aliza are waiting for the bus, an air raid siren blares and they run to the Underground. The bomb drops nearby but doesn’t explode. A bomb squad comes and sadly one of the men is killed. The girls decide to risk leaving the shelter and catch a bus back to Sophie’s home.

Since I checked in last, the world changed. So have I. Surviving the coronavirus pandemic, community losses, personal loss, revamping my entire life by choice - and here I am. I had the most painful, best year of my life. The loss of others still weighs on my heart. We remain here for support, anytime.

Ben Zoma says: Who is wise? He who learns from every person, as it is said: “From all my teachers I grew wise.” Pirkei Avot 4.1.

In Poland, a professor named Ruth R. Wisse

Met a guide, whose story made her think twice.

In Vilna, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania),

Recap: It’s the middle of the Blitz and eight-year-old Aliza is going home with Bayla and Sophie. Her father was killed by the Germans when his plane was shot down and her great-grandmother is finding it too difficult to handle her. Aliza’s great-grandmother walked them to the bus stop and now they are waiting for the bus to take them back to the home where Sophie’s family is staying.