"There’s a new family and, Ma— they have a dog!”
Nechama: We can’t sacrifice a whole community’s vacation for one child.
Ruthie: Can’t you stretch beyond your comfort zone so my family and I can get our desperately needed vacation?
The entire year, my kids talk about The Country. You can hear the wonder and delight in their voices.
After renting bungalows in different colonies for a few summers, Sholom and I finally invested in a bungalow of our own, in a lovely colony where some of our friends and relatives already vacationed each summer. It was a good move; the kids had friends, and the premises were beautiful and spacious, with a well-run shul, day camp, and pool.
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