"Thank you, from the depths of a broken heart."
by Chava N.
Wednesday, April 23, 2025Here is an emotional thank you note AFYE/B'ezri received from an organization we provide funding to, which helps women in problematic marriages..
My dear Bruria,
I know that lately I've been distant.
We used to be close friends, we spoke often-and then suddenly, I disappeared.
I know you have questions about me.
Valid questions.
What happened to me? Why did I vanish so suddenly? How could I leave a stable job, and in such an abrupt way? How can a woman act so irresponsibly, so strangely?
Yet, you didn’t ask.
When you called last week to let me know that vouchers were waiting for us at Osher Ad, you were like a beam of light breaking into a very dark, shadowy cave.
Only now, after two painful, difficult months, I can tell you, through tears, that we’ve been going through a terrible, devastating time at home.
My husband’s mental health became unstable, and it immediately affected me and the children.
My two middle children took it the hardest, and had such severe outbursts that both the school and the Talmud Torah told me they needed to stay home “until things calm down.”
Two months of them being by my side 24/7!!!
Two months of them sleeping in my bed. Eating next to me, drinking next to me, playing next to me, coming with me everywhere-and forgive me-even standing outside the bathroom door crying hysterically until I come out.
How can anyone work like that?
So I left a stable job. And a good salary. And with that our financial situation plummeted to rock bottom...
Which, of course, didn’t help my husband’s mental state.
Bruria, there have been, and still are, days when I feel like the swamp of despair and helplessness is slowly swallowing me. Bit by bit...
I didn’t even have the strength to call you, to speak, to share what was happening.
I can’t go back to my previous job-my boss is so angry with me for the damage my sudden departure caused.
I’m looking for work. Looking for stability. Looking for help. Looking for comfort. I’m in desperate need of geula...
And in the middle of all this chaos and darkness, these vouchers arrived.
And they felt like a giant hug from אבא שבשמיים.
I want to thank you, from the depths of a broken heart.
And I ask that you please pass my words on to the donors as well. Let them know this wasn’t just “holiday assistance.”
This was life. Literally.
Please tell them that I bless them to have a Pesach kasher v'sameach. May they never know sorrow or pain in their lives, just goodness and happiness all their days.
May Hashem bless them with an abundance of goodness, brachos, and yeshuos-and may they merit to eat מן הזבחים ומן הפסחים soon, in our days, Amen!
