And here I was. The start of a new journey, the kind that searched for answers that didn’t exist but that you had to seek out, anyway
I shrugged, closed my Tehillim, and moved to the side. “You want me to take the pic for you guys?” I asked. The moment was over, anyway.
“Amazing, thanks!” She flashed a smile and handed me her phone, and the threesome clustered around to pose.
“Smiling, or the open-siddur davening pose?” the dark-haired ponytail asked.
“Just smile,” I responded automatically, even though it wasn’t really me she was asking.
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