“Just find us a house. I trust you. Get whatever you want and I’ll be happy”
Nechama Norman with Batsheva Berman
I was in a field in Indiana when I got the call that would launch my career.
It was summer, and I was running a teen sleepaway program. We’d just moved to Lakewood after having spent seven glorious years in Eretz Yisrael. Wanting to settle down, we were looking for a house. And since I was seven hundred miles away, my husband was trying to get my input on crucial decisions.
The problem was that reception in Indiana was patchy at best.
“How important is—?” was all I heard.
And then, a minute later: “…open-plan kitchen or…”
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