I’m Sorry, and it Feels Good to Say So

Annual Atonement with Some Help from a Friend and a Fresca

Laura Friedman Williams
7 min readOct 14, 2021

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Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash

I’m not a terribly observant Jew, but I have a special fondness for Yom Kippur, the most sacred day of the Jewish year. Unlike holidays that have historical relevance but less of a connection to modern-day life, on Yom Kippur we fast, confess, and pray in order to atone for whatever sins we may have…

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Laura Friedman Williams

Author of AVAILABLE: A Very Honest Account of Life After Divorce (Boro/HarperUK June ‘21; Harper360 May ‘21). Mom of three, diehard New Yorker.