I dine on matzah brei smothered with strawberry jam or grape jelly in the Spring of each year. Though I attempt to eat slow, too soon it disappears. It takes me back to a younger day. But there is something else that hangs heavy in the air to remind of a time when my ancestors fled their captives with no time for their daily bread to rise. As I eat this as a breakfast treat, I recall a time when my people were not free. I too was a slave. (c) By Richard (Dick) Epstein Dick Epstein helps guide the Memorial Day Writers Project held at the Vietnam War Memorial each Memorial and Veterans Day holidays in Washington, DC.
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