The author discusses the events of the climactic moment of this parasha, the splitting of the Sea of Reeds, and the trauma that the Israelites brought with them with they reached the Sea to cross it. She draws parallels between a traumatic event in her own life and the enslavement of the Israelites, and the struggle and emotional work it takes to reach the “crossing.”  Finally, she explores several midrashim about how the Israelites began the actual crossing as a way to understand the mixed emotions of crossing over following a traumatic event.