Mama continued, but I didn’t hear the rest of the letter. The train will take her most of the way.” Is there anyone who could accompany her on the trip? Send me a letter with your decision, and if you want her to come, I’ll mail you a ticket for her trip here. She works so hard to help you, it might be nice to give her a treat. We would get to see her and spoil her a little. I know you keep telling me she misses the family here. “And about Elka,” the letter continued, “maybe she would enjoy coming to Riga for a visit in the summer. What could Bubbe have written just for me? Mama continued on and we all listened intently. “ Dear Rivka,” Mama read, “You probably won’t get this letter until after Pesach, but I am sitting here writing it in the thick of preparations.” It was always so much fun to hear what was going on with our cousins in Europe. Mama had obviously read the letter already, but that didn’t make it any less exciting. From Bubbe.” She pulled out an open envelope and smoothed the creases of the letter inside. “Guess what,” Mama said, walking in the door looking less exhausted than usual. I just had no interest in taking care of them. The afternoon seemed to drag on, and Leiba and Yisroel weren’t even in pajamas by the time Mama came home. Did I have a choice? She had taken care of lunch, it would only be right for me to watch Leiba and Yisroel until she finished her homework. My teacher gave us a lot of homework and I want to finish it before it gets late.” “But when they’re done, it’s your turn to take care of them. With a pang of guilt, I noticed that Miriam had served both the little kids while I was daydreaming. Instead, I wandered into the kitchen and took something to eat. I could hear snatches of conversations but it wasn’t really all that interesting. Without waiting around, Zalman and Dovid disappeared inside the bochurim’s room. I hadn’t seen him this excited about anything in a long time. And then after my bar mitzvah I’ll be ready for real safrus!” “Alef-beis,” he answered, “but Zalman says if I learn fast I can actually start writing other things. What are you going to start with?”ĭovid looked at me for a second. “He’s going to let me try writing today and we came to get some supplies. “Zalman came too,” Dovid said, nodding towards the figure behind him. He was always supposed to come home for lunch, but since Yisroel got sick he never actually did. Dovid always understood me but these days he was never home.Īnd speaking of Dovid, the door slammed open and he walked inside. We’d never really get each other, Miriam and I. “Well, it’s almost the summer,” Miriam responded, getting up to serve lunch to Leiba who was already whining that she was hungry.
“Yeah,” I agreed, “but there’s nothing like vacation.” Miriam dropped her school books on the table beside mine. Hew,” I said, dropping my school books on the dining room table and plopping down on the chair beside it. “And about Elka,” Bubbe's letter continued, “maybe she would enjoy coming to Riga for a visit in the summer"
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