Sarah Wildman

And what Orly does in that interview, in addition to sort of winning over everyone who watches it, is to sort of realign the way people are thinking about their own sadness, their own sense of isolation, and to show how she was so joyful, even during extremely hard experiences.

I think it did. It also allowed us a different kind of focus. When you're chatting with your kid, you're often multitasking. You're making dinner, you're driving, you're getting them from one place to another. And a focus 30 or 40 minutes where you're asking question after question, waiting for the answer. It's sort of an unusual format for parent and child.

I think it did. It also allowed us a different kind of focus. When you're chatting with your kid, you're often multitasking. You're making dinner, you're driving, you're getting them from one place to another. And a focus 30 or 40 minutes where you're asking question after question, waiting for the answer. It's sort of an unusual format for parent and child.

I think it did. It also allowed us a different kind of focus. When you're chatting with your kid, you're often multitasking. You're making dinner, you're driving, you're getting them from one place to another. And a focus 30 or 40 minutes where you're asking question after question, waiting for the answer. It's sort of an unusual format for parent and child.

It's just not exactly how it goes, you know, outside of how was school? Tell me something interesting. Who did you sit with at lunch? And in this context, it also allowed us a total lack of distraction. A lot of the time we have our phones on us. Something is dinging. You say, let me just quickly check this text. And both of us had to put aside all devices and just focus on this question.

It's just not exactly how it goes, you know, outside of how was school? Tell me something interesting. Who did you sit with at lunch? And in this context, it also allowed us a total lack of distraction. A lot of the time we have our phones on us. Something is dinging. You say, let me just quickly check this text. And both of us had to put aside all devices and just focus on this question.

It's just not exactly how it goes, you know, outside of how was school? Tell me something interesting. Who did you sit with at lunch? And in this context, it also allowed us a total lack of distraction. A lot of the time we have our phones on us. Something is dinging. You say, let me just quickly check this text. And both of us had to put aside all devices and just focus on this question.

Did she have difficult questions for you over the years that you had trouble answering? Yes. She would often ask me, starting at the very beginning, had I ever experienced pain like she was experiencing? And at first I said, well, I've had two pregnancies and two rounds of childbirth that long labors that ended in C-sections, I thought I understood pain.

Did she have difficult questions for you over the years that you had trouble answering? Yes. She would often ask me, starting at the very beginning, had I ever experienced pain like she was experiencing? And at first I said, well, I've had two pregnancies and two rounds of childbirth that long labors that ended in C-sections, I thought I understood pain.

Did she have difficult questions for you over the years that you had trouble answering? Yes. She would often ask me, starting at the very beginning, had I ever experienced pain like she was experiencing? And at first I said, well, I've had two pregnancies and two rounds of childbirth that long labors that ended in C-sections, I thought I understood pain.

But she was facing a kind of pain I realized I really had never encountered. And I didn't know anyone who had encountered a physical pain. And she would sometimes ask me, What do you think I did to deserve this? And of course, that's not an answerable question. There was nothing. And it really challenged us to look at this question of, is there such a thing as deserving pain?

But she was facing a kind of pain I realized I really had never encountered. And I didn't know anyone who had encountered a physical pain. And she would sometimes ask me, What do you think I did to deserve this? And of course, that's not an answerable question. There was nothing. And it really challenged us to look at this question of, is there such a thing as deserving pain?

But she was facing a kind of pain I realized I really had never encountered. And I didn't know anyone who had encountered a physical pain. And she would sometimes ask me, What do you think I did to deserve this? And of course, that's not an answerable question. There was nothing. And it really challenged us to look at this question of, is there such a thing as deserving pain?

She would ask me about God, you know, both girls. We had a very severe experience where Orly ended up in the ICU in Hawaii. We were on a Make-A-Wish trip. It was brutal and terrifying. And Hana said, do you think God doesn't love us? The kinds of questions that they asked during this... really showed my hand, if you will. I was not able to really offer a concrete answer to any of these things.

She would ask me about God, you know, both girls. We had a very severe experience where Orly ended up in the ICU in Hawaii. We were on a Make-A-Wish trip. It was brutal and terrifying. And Hana said, do you think God doesn't love us? The kinds of questions that they asked during this... really showed my hand, if you will. I was not able to really offer a concrete answer to any of these things.

She would ask me about God, you know, both girls. We had a very severe experience where Orly ended up in the ICU in Hawaii. We were on a Make-A-Wish trip. It was brutal and terrifying. And Hana said, do you think God doesn't love us? The kinds of questions that they asked during this... really showed my hand, if you will. I was not able to really offer a concrete answer to any of these things.

I would say, I don't think that there is a God that is that activist in this way, because there is so much pain around the world. And we are experiencing this, but I don't think it's about God not loving us. You have to see divinity in the people who are helping us. I would try to turn it into thinking, how can we see good in the situation? But sometimes I was really stymied.

I would say, I don't think that there is a God that is that activist in this way, because there is so much pain around the world. And we are experiencing this, but I don't think it's about God not loving us. You have to see divinity in the people who are helping us. I would try to turn it into thinking, how can we see good in the situation? But sometimes I was really stymied.

I would say, I don't think that there is a God that is that activist in this way, because there is so much pain around the world. And we are experiencing this, but I don't think it's about God not loving us. You have to see divinity in the people who are helping us. I would try to turn it into thinking, how can we see good in the situation? But sometimes I was really stymied.

Did you have your own questions about God and your child's suffering? You know, at the very beginning, we have a very close relationship with our rabbis. And early on, one of them asked me, are you angry with God? And that's a question that actually has come up again and again within the family. But for me, it wasn't angry. It was more, as my grandfather would have said, wo ist Gott?