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Just an extra line on a resume.\u00a0<del>Sima,\u00a0<em>Mah Chadash\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0bookkeeper, doesn\u2019t think she<\/del><br \/>\n<del>looks a day over thirty-five, anyway<\/del>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">At any rate, to Bella, she\u2019ll always be\u00a0<em>maidele<\/em>.\u00a0<del>No connection to the anti wrinkle creams that Bella sells.<\/del>\u00a0And as Esther says, at our age, life itself is the main thing. And Esther knows what she\u2019s talking about. She escorted two parents who were too young to their final resting place.\u00a0<del>They\u2019re\u00a0<em>maidele\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0parents, too. It\u2019s only thanks to her that there\u2019s color on their\u00a0<em>matzeivos<\/em>.<\/del><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Life is good,\u00a0<em>baruch Hashem<\/em>. She was\u00a0<em>zochah<\/em>\u00a0to Nachum, a husband head and shoulders above the rest.\u00a0<del>She cannot let him go back to the seventh floor!<\/del>\u00a0And also four children who are long past childhood: Avigdor, Margalit, Diti, and Chaggai.\u00a0<del>Margalit is ashamed of her, Diti ran away to Connecticut, Avigdor is married to Adina, and Chaggai has yet to marry, but other than all<\/del><br \/>\n<del>the above, fortunate is the one who bore them.<\/del><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The grandchildren are an age-related bonus. She\u2019s a proud, full-time\u00a0<em>savtuta<\/em>. Her freezer\u2019s always full,\u00a0<em>baruch Hashem<\/em>.\u00a0<del>It\u2019s unclear how that\u2019s possible with Avigdor\u2019s appetite.<\/del>\u00a0And every Shabbos and Yom Tov, she has to expand the table.\u00a0<del>If Tuvia plans on closeting himself in his room, he should say so in advance!<\/del><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Her work at\u00a0<em>Mah Chadash<\/em>\u00a0is nice, all in all.\u00a0<del>It fills up the Pesach envelope hidden behind her creams.<\/del>\u00a0Osnat is a wonderful boss on the days they don\u2019t wear the same sweater and each of her colleagues is terrific.\u00a0<del>Unless her name is Gila and she\u2019s set on becoming her daughter-in-law.<\/del><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The bottom line is that when she looks at herself, she feels complete. One hundred percent Shoshi.\u00a0<del>50\/50 would be more precise.<\/del><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>50\/50<\/strong>\u00a0is a meeting of body and soul, with the question that awaits us at every junction: Where to now?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Devora Rand is the author of a slew of out-of-the-box bestsellers including:\u00a0<em>Aleha Hashalom, Escape Room, Freedom of Choice, More or Less,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>To Be Continued<\/em>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman stands at a crossroads. Fifty-four\u00a0years are behind her, the golden years ahead of her. Who cares? Just an extra line on a resume.\u00a0Sima,\u00a0Mah Chadash\u2019s\u00a0bookkeeper, doesn\u2019t think she looks a day over thirty-five, anyway. 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