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Everyone has 24 hours in a day. Not even the President of the United States gets 28 or 30 hours. So delegate and prioritize intelligently.

— Saeed Nourmand

My husband is passionate about real estate. An engineer turned entrepreneur, Saeed has lived and breathed it since 1976. Once in a while, he’ll spot a house that he thinks I would love to live in. Without even looking at it, I always tell him no. I attribute my aversion to moving to my childhood. From my birth in Germany until Saeed and I settled in Los Angeles, I had moved 11 times. I felt like I had done enough moving for a lifetime, and it also explains why I’ve lived in the same house for the last 26 years.

Although I was born in Germany, my time there was brief. At the time, my parents were living there partly by choice but mostly out of necessity. After being liberated from the Nazi concentration camps in their native Poland, they relocated to Germany. It was there that my parents, Henry and Yetta, met. Henry was fifteen years older than his bride-to-be. He was tall, handsome, and debonair. As they dated, he promised Yetta that once they were married, he would take her to the United States where he would provide for her, and together they would realize the American Dream.

In 1946, the couple married, and they immediately focused on their mission: Move to the United States. For them, this country was a place where they could leave behind the horrors of Hitler’s Final Solution and begin their new lives.

Meanwhile, my mother’s aunt was living in New Jersey. Tanta Minnie, as I called her, was taking care of the paperwork that would allow my mother and her family to immigrate to the United States.

When I was 22 months old, Tanta Minnie’s hard work prevailed. She became the legal sponsor of the newlyweds, and they gained entry into this country. Yetta and Henry packed their belongings, which were few, considering that the Nazis had pillaged their possessions. Then, with their infant daughter, they set off for the United States. So begins the story of recovery, renewal, and success despite staggering odds.