Out of Sorts 

Ariella: Why is my daughter being punished when she is such a tzadeikes?

Shoshana: I don’t want to hurt Avigail, but I can’t put her in the class with her friends

Ariella

I told Brenda Marcus I would be on vacation this week. I’m sure I did.

So why was she calling me now?

I let the call go to voicemail, knowing Brenda was likely to message instantly after. Sure enough, half a minute later, my phone buzzed. Oh, no, a voice note.

I pressed play.

Ariella, hi, it’s me. Listen, I know you’re on vacation or something, but we have an emergency with the window shades. They arrived, and they’re a few inches too short, the whole look is wrong…. I don’t want to leave this until you get back. I think we need to contact the company right away, otherwise…

I hit stop halfway through. Window shades, please! This was not an emergency. Besides….