Imagining Avi at Menachem's Engagement "Vort"

Earlier this month, Menachem announced his engagement. The bride's family hosted a traditional, simple reception called in Yiddish a vort.

I conjured up images of Avi, imagining what he would have been doing to share in his brother's simcha. When family photos were being taken, I knew who for the first time was missing.

On the way back from New Jersey, the van seemed empty without Avi there playing his video games or causing some excitement.