Four women share how they channeled their pain into a passion to help others
I was supposed to change the world. As a young teen I already knew I wanted to go into politics. I studied International Law and Politics at Stanford University and in programs abroad in Geneva and Paris.
But I didn’t feel at peace with myself. I kept having a persistent feeling that I wanted to build a family. I remember volunteering at an AIPAC conference when I was 19 years old, becoming Torah observant, and feeling an overwhelming urge to be a mother.
I realized that while globetrotting around the world to enact laws and policies to change the world was indeed a worthy cause, it wouldn’t allow me to be the type of mother I wanted to be. I had to shift gears. It took a lot of courage, but I went to Israel to learn in seminary.
A few years later, I married my husband and we moved to Mexico. After several months of not becoming pregnant, I sensed something was wrong. We visited doctors who confirmed that we had serious fertility issues. That’s when the cycle of treatments, disappointments, hope, and heartbreak started. We decided to come to Eretz Yisrael for two years (we came with just two bags!) and I was sure here I’d become pregnant. But a year passed with no developments. I was completely broken.
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