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GeoWilliam750

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Tue Apr 7, 2020, 08:27 PM Apr 2020

Bubby Locked Her Memories Away. One Passover Released Them.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/opinion/passover.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

"JERUSALEM — By the time I married into the family, Bubby Bella’s reticence was pronounced. A survivor of Nazi genocide, Bubby had resolutely overcome it, posturing under large-brimmed hats while ordering egg rolls and lo mein in Philadelphia’s northeast.

Whatever demons Bubby knew in Poland were long silenced. Her wounds had in America become scars and like other women of her generation, Bubby kept them unseen. Beneath her traumas, her prewar memories lay dormant. Somewhere inside Bubby, an innocent child was lost.

One spring, Bubby flew first-class to stay with our budding family in Jerusalem. Aging and not in the best of health, Bubby spent the days before Passover convalescing from her trip.

In the company of her great-grandchildren, Bubby appeared content. My wife and I could sense our matriarch was at the end of her journey. For the children, however, and for Bubby, the occasion was joyful."
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