In my professional practice of mind-body healing, I often tell people that difficulties can be looked at as stones. It is up to them to decide if they view these stones as stumbling blocks or as steppingstones. Aside from the “sunny side” of living in Eretz Yisrael, my own experiences here included such challenges – stumbling blocks that were really steppingstones – as well.

My husband is Israeli, but we met in America and settled in Lakewood. Although I was never exposed to life in Eretz Yisrael, nor did any of my own close family members live there, I knew I wanted to live there. As a Jew, being drawn to Eretz Yisrael was just an integral part of my neshama (soul). When we already had four children, I told my husband that if we didn’t make the move now, we would never. So, on Zos Chanukah 1970, we moved to Bnei Brak.