Many people thought that we had both lost our minds: how could I marry someone 16 years older than me with four kids?
As told to Riki Goldstein by Chana Rosenblatt
I suppose it all began with a plane ticket and a job my friend didn’t want.
I was an 18-year-old Bais Yaakov graduate living in Jerusalem with a wish to travel to the US to visit my extended family. But I couldn’t afford a ticket. So when a friend’s mother suggested I take up a job offer that my friend had rejected a six-month stint caring for four children in London whose mother was sick I agreed. As one of 12 I had a knack with little children and was adept at running a busy household. It would keep me busy I figured and pay for my ticket to America. I’m a person who throws myself into whatever I’m doing. As soon as I arrived at the Rosenblatts’ home I played with the kids laughed with them and loved them — we bonded right away and grew very close. Elana a”h and Shaul were a special couple with amazing children aged two four six and eight.
Unfortunately eight months after I arrived Elana passed away. I stayed for another four months to help the kids settle down then flew on to America for the long-awaited family visit.
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