“I imagine many readers were baffled by Miriam’s story, the woman who purchased an American Girl doll”
Kudos to Bashie Lisker on her powerful story, “The Understudy,” about a divorced woman who feels that she cannot heal or move on after a difficult marriage, and how she feels sidelined by her ex-husband’s new wife. While I know it was only fiction, mothers like Rikki exist, and it’s heartbreaking to hear how unhappy life can be in their situation.
If you’re a Rikki, thinking that life has to go on without you while your former spouse gets to go on and live the “good life,” I’m here to bring some hope! I’m the daughter of mother who was once a Rikki. She took her pain and found someone wonderful — my father! I’m very happy to say that they have been married many, many happy years.
May Hashem grant a happy ending to all who are seeking one.
D.R. Friedlander
Israel
I was horrified at the callousness of the letter “Nothing is Set in Stone” by Seven Years Out of High School, which declared that even if we have high school trauma, we still have free choice as to whether or not we are triggered by it. If only it was so easy to shake away trauma…. Obviously, the letter writer had minor trauma which she can easily knock away seven years after high school.
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