It was an extraordinary Shabbos together in the tzimmer and it was over all too quickly. The driver was waiting and the children’s bags were packed already set beside the door even before Tatty made Havdalah.
“Mommy please don’t go” Benny whispered tearfully in his mother’s ear when she kissed him goodbye. “I want you to stay here!”
Yehudit hugged her son tightly. “I know you do Benny” she murmured stroking his cheek gently. “Daven for me to have hatzlachah and I’ll be back as soon as I can with a big surprise for you.”
“I don’t want a surprise. I want you” he protested. “Why do you always go away? Other mothers don’t leave their children.”
