From d942bac4424349074936ee923f20d3f375c34383 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Madison Rye Progress Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 14:36:39 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] update from sparkleup --- writing/post-self/what-right-have-I/001.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/writing/post-self/what-right-have-I/001.md b/writing/post-self/what-right-have-I/001.md index d314ccd8..afe75d14 100644 --- a/writing/post-self/what-right-have-I/001.md +++ b/writing/post-self/what-right-have-I/001.md @@ -76,4 +76,6 @@ And now, I am free. I linger a polite five seconds on the stage before turning a There will be merriment or tears. There will be feasting and chatting or small, awkward silences. I do not know. I do not care. I will not be there. This has been too much, and the tensions are high. -The synagogue itself is a relatively small building built into the side of a hill — the hill on top of which we had our gathering — +The synagogue itself is a relatively small building built into the side of a hill — the hill on top of which we had our gathering — a sharp-gabled building that can easily be confused for a house from the front, but which rambles down the hill behind that facade in a sprawling complex of meeting rooms, community rooms, classrooms, and bedrooms for newly uploaded Jews who found themselves in need or want of a place to stay where they might be comfortable. + +It is a place that has become my home in so many ways, for yes, that is where my congregation meets, and yes, that is where my office is, but, like those newly-uploaded, it is also where I live. I have taken up permanent residence in a room beside my office. It is cozy and small, and consists of little else beyond a beanbag for reading on and a bed for sleeping on, but it is mine in what I feel is a very *me* way.