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Shayndel Plotkin
Executive Director, Liumi, Inc.

Warning! Only read while crying!

Did you ever wonder sometimes why you cried for “no” reason? A rainy day, looking out at the ocean? a commercial? Even a moment that you felt scared for no reason? Sometimes in the past, I cried. I just cried. I just …. I just … JUST… No words.

There was a time when I would cry and want others to cry with me. A time I would cry and feel so alone as if nobody was understanding or getting it or feeling the sadness, too. Feeling the heavy burden. Heavy. Burden.

“Don’t you get it!!!! I would want to scream – GET IT!”

Now, no more crying for no reason. Ever again. Never again. Now no more crying for no reason, feeling alone for no reason. Ever again. Never again. Now no more yelling and screaming “Don’t you get it!”

Don’t you get it … don’t you… YOU… No words.

Now when my tears come and they do often, now I know exactly why. It is as if all of the times I have cried in the past, without knowing why, that it was a build up to right Now, to this moment, to the pain that I am feeling.

I am crying for the pain that will not go away. Don’t go away… don’t go… GO…
No words.

I am crying for the heartache and the heartbreak and for my open heart to my people.

Now the tears, The tears building up over the years – streaming down over the fears – pouring out over the … over the …. OVER… No words.

I know why these tears come. I know why they won’t stop and I know that you cry with me. Please cry with me please ….. please… cry… CRY…No words.

About the Author
Co-Founder and Executive Director of Liumi West Retreat. As a teacher, writer, and facilitator of Jewish educational seminars and curriculum, Shayndel Plotkin is passionate about working with women, children, and families to help them grow and develop – spiritually and personally. Her background in the Jewish community, Jewish education, and Israel advocacy began in the South Florida community more than twenty years ago as a writer for the Jewish press, and then as the Israel Experience Director for the Commission for Jewish Education. She has recently been certified as a female farmer in the state of Florida. Shayndel is a writer of novels, children's stories, a professional memoirist, and writer for several international magazines. She holds a Master of Arts in Jewish Education from the Pardes Institute and Hebrew College, and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Communications from Florida State University. Shayndel is a graduate of Midreshet Rachel Seminary in Jerusalem, where she studied Jewish texts and philosophy for three years. Shayndel is married to Rabbi Baruch Plotkin and together they have seven children.