We were close enough to talk. To scream. To hear each other’s cries. Close enough for me to hear him say, “I’m going to die.” And close enough for him to hear me say, “I love you.”
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What an amazing story, I was really touched by your courage to stand up to all that was and is happening around you. you should only know happiness and joy.
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We’d done this a million times. But suddenly, a rogue gust of wind caught the cloth of the sail and filled it with air. It was like a big balloon and it slammed into my husband and threw him overboard.
Should it not be EX-HUSBAND?
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Thank you for a beautiful article. It is inspirational. It is likely that Hashem is present with us during these awful times in our lives, but it is only with hindsight that we recognize a divine presence or purpose in the pain and suffering. I hope you and your daughter continue to live long, healthy, & happy lives. I will carry the "sailing lessons" with me for inspiration when I need it most.
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What a fantastic true story. May HaShem continue to bless the author plus the rest of His people! (I still have tears in my eyes)
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my eyes are full of tears; actually I am sobbing. That story hit me hard, in the truth place. And the misuse of the word "husband"--yes, Dovid, like you I was bothered at that. But perhaps at that moment she is loving him so much, they are so close now, they are even thinking of marrying each other again...at that moment it may FEEL as if she is losing her HUSBAND.
And, it is inspiring that she was strong before, but came away from all this a stronger person, a woman who can stand up to an angry husband if need be.
After all, what is the fear of an angry husband compared to the fear of an angry Gd? Good for her!!!
One more thing.
When bad things happen to good people, others often act like Job's comforters, wanting to guess what sin the person committed to deserve all this.
Trying to justify Gd. But He does not need our justification. Gd is big enough to do without our puny human justification.
Our hurt friend, however, needs our love and compassion.
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Yes, Charlotte. At that moment Steve was, indeed, my husband. I chose that word carefully in the writing of this piece because deep in my soul I feel this may be why we had never gotten a Jewish divorce...so at that moment...at what turned out to be my husband's last moment...we would be together. For his peace of mind and heart, for mine, and for our daughter's. G-d, I'm sure, had many reasons for making July 3, 1998 the last day of Steve Wasserman's life. I'm sure he is smiling in heaven to know that his daughter went into labor on July 3, 2007 and his granddaughter was born on July 4th.
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Wow! What a story! What a turn of events...
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"He told my daughter it’s okay to be angry at G-d. He can handle it." Thank you for writing this. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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