Yesterday I dropped one of my best friends from Indiana University off for her first day of Jewel. Mind you this is exactly one year after I went on Jewel, and it obviously changed my life; so maybe you can feel the excitement here?! It was so surreal to be back, but this time as alumni. I'm now that frum girl visiting Jewel and reliving her "glory days" on 6 Midbar Sinai.
Being back at the Jewel house got me thinking. It was just a year ago when I met my best friend (who is now married), I met my other best friend who is now a Jewel madricha on the program, and my life was just completely altered forever. I will admit that on seminary "tryout" day at Jewel I didn't go to Eyaht, but looking at my life a year in the past, only H-Shem could have known that this was where I would be today.
So while I may write about the struggles while they are happening (also the good times), I have never actually taken time to look at this full year of Yiddishkeit in perspective and from a distance. It is truly bitachon (trust in H-Shem) that helped me make every single decision along the way to get me to where I am holding today. I am so grateful to H-Shem for giving me a supportive family. Without their support and love, I would be no where. In addition to my family, I have the most wonderful group of friends, teachers, rabbis, and rebbetzins that a frum-girl-in-the-making could ask for!
This past year since my Jewel program has been one of ups and downs, but looking back at a glance, I see nothing but progression and growth in myself as a Jewish woman. There are no doubt going to be more ups and probably many more downs on this journey, but from where I stand, it's all looking pretty good.
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