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4/14/2025 1 Comment

That Day

I am so emotional these days. I am not sure what it is, but I think it may be residual emotion from Alex’s bar mitzvah. Being there that day seemed like it must have been for the people in the bible. The story about Moses seeing God on Mount Sinai is what comes to mind. The feeling we all had sitting there, felt to us like being in God’s presence. It was the most beautiful and emotional thing ever. Being there changed all of us, but me - I can’t stop thinking about it.

For the duration of the service I had zero anxiety, which is crazy because it was a new place. (I always have horrendous anxiety when I go to new places.) All of us didn’t need to stim the whole time. The silence was staggering. And the peace we all felt…there is no way to describe it. I am not Jewish but I wish I could go back to that synagogue.

To put it mildly, it was the happiest day of my life. So I can’t stop thinking about it. What was it that we all felt? Was it the synagogue or was it Alex’s presence? I guess I’ll never know. All my life though I will remember that day.