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ful," Dorothy will say when she holes
my Talya. And then she'll hug her
close, not concerned about spit-up or'
getting her hair pulled.
Lydia.
The other day my mother called
Don't get your checkbook out,
about Lydia and asked me to pray. I
though. This is not about money.
did, and then I turned to my hus-
It is about prayer.
band, whose davening my children
Lydia lives in Kansas City and is
and I listen to with such respect as
the granddaughter of my mother's
we wake each morning. And now cl
dearest friend, Dorothy Turano. They
Phil's prayers include Lydia.
met almost 30 years ago, an uncom-
I e-mailed friends abroad, in
mon pair at first glance: My mother
England and in Israel, and phoned
is Jewish and spent most of her life in
my friend Shari Cimino, because
the Midwest; Dorothy is Italian
she, too, believes in the power of
Catholic and from New York.
prayer. And she
When I was little, I
said, "Never hesitate,
thought Dorothy (of
to call me for some- (\
course, she was Mrs.
thing like this." And
Turano then) was
now she, too, will
glamorous. Though
pray.
she had four children,
My mother, mean-
she always looked so
while, called her
together, organized,
daughter-in-law, who,
beautiful.
is on the right-wing \\
Our families shared
end of Orthodox
much over the years.
Judaism, and another
Dorothy's husband,
deeply religious
an OB-GYN, deliv-
friend of hers who
ered my sister, now
promised to "say the
26 and pregnant
Doreen and Lydia
Rosary right now
with her second
and think of Lydia
child. I used to baby
when I go to Mass." And now they
sit the Turano children, three boys
pray for her.
and a girl, Doreen.
I love the readiness of each and
Doreen does not lead an easy life.
every
one to pray for this child. No
Her husband has a life-threatening ill-
one has said, "But what religion is -(
ness, and so it is Doreen who works
she?"
and no one has said, "But I
to support the family. She also cares
don't even know this infant." It gives
for her two daughters, Alaina and
me hope for this beautiful, but
Lydia.
anguished world in which we live.
What Doreen does have is a
Please join us and pray for Lydia.
remarkably supportive family. Her
Together, our prayers can build a
mother watches Alaina while Doreen
safe nest where this little bird, and
goes to her job, and Doreen's broth-
her family, can find comfort, until ar'
er, Leonard, moved across the street
last
Lydia flies free, her wingtips
to be close to his younger sister.
strong, unyielding, her heart filled
Whenever I go back home to •
with
a song of life.
Kansas City I like to see Dorothy and
Doreen. I can tell they love my chil-
dren — not that obligatory affection
between friends, even close ones,
("Of course your little Bobby is a
dear, Gladys. He really is!"), but a
Elizabeth Applebaum
true love. "She's beautiful, so beauti-
AppleTree Editor

tiny baby I know is ill and
needs your help. She is 6
weeks old, and her name is