Was I the confident, popular principal — or Lulu the reject?
Then I look in the mirror, I still see her. Not Leah Weingarten, 46, mature, stylish, accomplished. Not the new principal of the elite Bais Nechama, sought out and hired at a salary that’s dizzying to contemplate. Not a woman who commands admiration from students and respect from teachers.
I see Lulu Lippman, the chubby, bespectacled nobody who had stumbled through school, desperate for acknowledgement.
Go away, I tell her silently, smoothing down my skirt and adjusting my sheitel. There’s no place for you here. It’s been nearly three decades since my awkward high school years, and I stride from my office with my head high and a warm smile.
This is a different city, a different school. I’m a different person now. No one here would ever believe that I was once Lulu Lippman.
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