Reply To: Where to start becoming Jewish when family roots discovered

Thank you for your well wishes Borough Park Mensch.

I haven’t thought at length about many of the issues you raise concerning work. That may be because I am already 35, have not married yet, and likely can not have children. I have just assumed that I would be the one supporting me because it really seemed like my only option. Being a child advocate attorney gives me the opportunity to still have children in my life and be able to help them. Already being closer to 40 than 30, I have come to accept that I may always be single.

I am not sure how my situation in this regard will be viewed in various Orthodox communities as I try to find my way in this world. Sometimes I feel lonely and discouraged by how far I still have to go on my own. I am trying to take things one step at a time.