J.E. Reich

I was cognizant that the stress was affecting me, but I don't think I really understood how deeply it did until a month or so out of it. And this came back to the idea that everything had been my fault. Because if I hadn't written this essay, at the time, I thought that it was a way that I could heal, even as everything was happening.

I was cognizant that the stress was affecting me, but I don't think I really understood how deeply it did until a month or so out of it. And this came back to the idea that everything had been my fault. Because if I hadn't written this essay, at the time, I thought that it was a way that I could heal, even as everything was happening.

My life became the smallest of all. Then, after months, the calls seemingly stopped. I approached this new reality tentatively. Could it be over? Really? Was that all there is? In that all-too-brief interim, I envisioned a life I could go back to.

My life became the smallest of all. Then, after months, the calls seemingly stopped. I approached this new reality tentatively. Could it be over? Really? Was that all there is? In that all-too-brief interim, I envisioned a life I could go back to.

My life became the smallest of all. Then, after months, the calls seemingly stopped. I approached this new reality tentatively. Could it be over? Really? Was that all there is? In that all-too-brief interim, I envisioned a life I could go back to.

And I had to say, I need to step aside to be able to speak with an investigator about anti-Semitic harassment related to a terrorist attack that occurred at the shul that I grew up in. So I won't be able to work at this time. Even while the words were coming out of my mouth, I was like, who's ever going to believe me? My world just became so small.

And I had to say, I need to step aside to be able to speak with an investigator about anti-Semitic harassment related to a terrorist attack that occurred at the shul that I grew up in. So I won't be able to work at this time. Even while the words were coming out of my mouth, I was like, who's ever going to believe me? My world just became so small.

And I had to say, I need to step aside to be able to speak with an investigator about anti-Semitic harassment related to a terrorist attack that occurred at the shul that I grew up in. So I won't be able to work at this time. Even while the words were coming out of my mouth, I was like, who's ever going to believe me? My world just became so small.

But maybe I could give comfort to other people in my community, even if they were once removed or something like that. They could also feel like they weren't alone. It's funny because I ended up feeling completely alone. I wasn't happy. Nobody was happy. I didn't feel happy that somebody was going to prison. I didn't feel happy that I was there.

But maybe I could give comfort to other people in my community, even if they were once removed or something like that. They could also feel like they weren't alone. It's funny because I ended up feeling completely alone. I wasn't happy. Nobody was happy. I didn't feel happy that somebody was going to prison. I didn't feel happy that I was there.

But maybe I could give comfort to other people in my community, even if they were once removed or something like that. They could also feel like they weren't alone. It's funny because I ended up feeling completely alone. I wasn't happy. Nobody was happy. I didn't feel happy that somebody was going to prison. I didn't feel happy that I was there.

The one I used to have, one released from fear and the burden of explaining everything that had happened before, in which I didn't shut myself off from everything and everyone. One in which I wasn't afraid to go outside. One in which I didn't hear the defendant's voice in my head, drawing out my name in a teasing terror.

The one I used to have, one released from fear and the burden of explaining everything that had happened before, in which I didn't shut myself off from everything and everyone. One in which I wasn't afraid to go outside. One in which I didn't hear the defendant's voice in my head, drawing out my name in a teasing terror.

The one I used to have, one released from fear and the burden of explaining everything that had happened before, in which I didn't shut myself off from everything and everyone. One in which I wasn't afraid to go outside. One in which I didn't hear the defendant's voice in my head, drawing out my name in a teasing terror.

And even now, if you total it, this has been five years of my life. That's a substantial chunk of my life. I'm 36 years old now. How do I talk about anything that happened to me within the past five years without somehow touching on that? And I don't want to make people feel uncomfortable.

And even now, if you total it, this has been five years of my life. That's a substantial chunk of my life. I'm 36 years old now. How do I talk about anything that happened to me within the past five years without somehow touching on that? And I don't want to make people feel uncomfortable.

And even now, if you total it, this has been five years of my life. That's a substantial chunk of my life. I'm 36 years old now. How do I talk about anything that happened to me within the past five years without somehow touching on that? And I don't want to make people feel uncomfortable.

One in which she would never deliver the buckshot or fatal stab she always, always promised. In that time, I met my current partner, who is with me here today in solidarity and strength, and most importantly, love. I secured a job in my field. For a time, I began to write again.

One in which she would never deliver the buckshot or fatal stab she always, always promised. In that time, I met my current partner, who is with me here today in solidarity and strength, and most importantly, love. I secured a job in my field. For a time, I began to write again.

One in which she would never deliver the buckshot or fatal stab she always, always promised. In that time, I met my current partner, who is with me here today in solidarity and strength, and most importantly, love. I secured a job in my field. For a time, I began to write again.