GREAT READS → LIFELINES Issue 683 · November 1, 2017

Late Note

If I don't agree to my husband's unreasonable conditions, I’ll continue to be shackled to this man, who from day one was obsessed with controlling every aspect of my life, Lifelines: Late Note,If I don't agree to my husband's unreasonable conditions, I’ll continue to be shackled to this man, who from day one was obsessed with controlling every aspect of my life

Late    Note

D ear Rebbi I deeply appreciate the extra care you give my son Duvi. I know you keep an eye out for him and he feels it too.

You called me yesterday at work to ask me to please get Duvi to school on time. You said his chronic lateness isn’t doing good things for anyone. I told you I’d try to get him there on time today.

I’d like you to understand why that didn’t happen. Let me give you a bit of a glimpse into what my last 36 hours looked like.

It’s 11 at night and I’m exhausted. I spent the better part of the day trying to find the right person to help me in beis din. My papers are full of scribbles: the pros and cons of one to’en a connection to get me into a big askan warnings about another the schedule of that rosh yeshivah. There’s no end to the information and no end to the decisions I have to make. Decisions between one horrible option and another.

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