IT WAS MEANT TO BE… THIS IS THE TALE OF EMILY AND DANNY WHO MET WHEN THEY’RE 5 YEARS OLD JUST FRIENDS’ IT BEGAN- BUT G-D HAD A PLAN- AND SO THEIR STORY UNFOLDS AT SCHOOL THEY SANG AND RECEIVED THEIR SIDDURS AND TOGETHER ATTENDED SIMCHAS THEY LAUGHED AT THEIR BLESSINGS- AND KVETCHED AT THEIR GLOOM- AND LIT CANDLES AT EACH OTHERS BAR MITZVAHS AT SOCIALS AND PROMS THEY FIT LIKE A GLOVE BUT EMMY SAID ’STRICTLY PLATONIC’ ‘DOES EMMY LOVE DANNY’ DOES DANNY LOVE EMMY ‘TOO ANNOYING ‘ ‘NO WAY’ ‘HOW MORONIC’ ‘ASK HER OUT’ DANNY’S MOM WOULD OFTEN ADVISE BUT DANNY SAID ‘NO’-BEING FRIENDS IS THE PRIZE SO IGNORING HIS MOTHER- THEY AVOIDED EACH OTHER- ’TIL EXPERIENCE CAMPS ENTERED THEIR LIVES EXPERIENCE CAMPS IS FOR CHILDREN WHO GRIEVE WHERE THEY’RE GIVEN A CHANCE TO BELIEVE COACHED BY SPECIAL VOLUNTEERS- LIKE DANNY, FOR ONE- THAT FUN CAN ONCE AGAIN BE ACHIEVED SINCE DANNY’S A GUY WHO LOVES PEOPLE THIS PROJECT WAS CLOSE TO HIS HEART. BUT EMILY TOO- ALWAYS WANTS TO ‘DO’- WHEN APPROACHED,SHE SAID ‘WHEN CAN I START’ BY 2018, CAMP IS THE SCENE FOR EACH ONE TO KVELL FROM THE OTHER. AND TO THEIR SURPRISE- THEY’VE COME TO REALIZE- THEY ACTUALLY LOVE ONE ANOTHER IS FRIENDSHIP THE ROAD THAT LED TO LOVE THE YIDDISH DESCRIBES THE WORD BEST. SO WHEN DANNY PROPOSED- EMILY KNOWS- IT’S BERSHAT—AND SHE SAID YES THEIR STORY’S NOT OVER. IN FACT, IT’S BEGINNING. WOULD YOU EXPECT ANYTHING LESS FROM THESE CHAMPS A WEDDING IN MAY- WHERE ELSE WOULD YOU SAY- BUT A WONDERFUL WEEKEND IN CAMP!