Shticky Guy
Wow.
I’m really touched.
Not only I wasn’t embarrassed, but this came at such an opportune time. You see, I was wondering if my life brought zchuyos to my parent. I sat shiva VERY briefly erev Rosh Hashana- that’s the whole shiva. Then the shloshim was over a week later-by Yom Kippur.
There was obviously not much opportunity to talk about the deceased. So I wanted to dedicate actions to the neshama. I was quite sad the entire yomim noraim, not able to come up with too many zchuyos. The most I came up with was helping an elderly person put on a sweater, and giving a Russian newcomer a smile and a Russian machzor.
So because of your kind words, I can now say, here is how I can be Mechabed my parent!
And I dedicate any forthcoming kind words to the neshama of my parent, whom I cannot be mechabed anymore.