there was no way I would miss my nephew’s widow’s father’s shiva.  He was a good man, and wortghhy of respect, but the fact that my the anniversary of my nephew

s death comes up in 2 days, and the fact that Yankele did everything he could to replace the nephew, especially for his three distraught grandchildren, was too much to ignore.

It finished me for the day, however, and I don’t remember anything else.