A true mensch

I have a friend at synagogue, a man who taught me how to read the Torah and has been my mentor as a Torah reader for the last several years. He and his wife have grown children my age, and four grandchildren, and have been very supportive to David and I during our infertility and adoption. After services on Friday, he pulled me aside and said "I imagine that this adoption business must be terribly expensive," and I said yes it was. He asked me how much, and I gave him a ballpark estimate. He said he would like to loan me money to help pay for the adoption, a no-interest, indefinite time period loan of up to $10K. I started crying, which is what I usually do when people are kind to me. That is more than either of our families has offered to us (not that I expected them to offer, but still).

So thank you, D, for being a true mensch and a very kind-hearted person. I love that you offered.