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Day 34 - November 9, 2023 - Would you hide me?

November 09, 2023

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June 17, 2025 - Day 620 - The Sky

Two relationships have changed significantly in my life since the beginning of the war. 1. My relationship with my phone. 2. My relationship with the sky. You may not think about these two things very often, but after 620 days of war with Hamas and a 5th day of direct war with Iran... I do. On October 7, 2023 and for roughly 2 weeks after that my phone didn't leave my hand. I was constantly reading, scrolling, searching for some new information that would prove that this is all a dream. It was the most addicted to news, social media, and my phone in general that I have ever been in my life. I hated it, but I felt desperate to have it. I "needed to know" so therefore I had to have my phone with me 24/7. Then, for over 600 days I rode waves of desperately needing my cellphone to ones that made me want to throw it at a wall. The digital world is addicting and our brains have rewired to "need" all of that constant information coming at us all the time. Fo...

October 13, 2025 - Day 738 - Dear Girls

Dear Siikwan and Loowan, Today the last of our living hostages were returned home. It was a day filled with anticipation, nerves, and dare I say it... Hope. We've done our best to shield you from the atrocities of this war. To protect your innocence and keep you safe. Loowan, you were a baby when this all began. You barely turned one year old as the ground invasion was begining. Your innocence kept me grounded and my focus on you helped us discover your ASD. Discovering and learning with you has been both refreshing and has kept me focused (over focused?) on what's important. Siikwan, you were still 4 years old when the started. Slowly (but much faster than I would have liked) you learned about the words: war, soldier, sirens, rockets/missiles, kidnapped, and hostages. Words so heavy that you learned much earlier than you ever should have. So today as the hostages were released we watched hours of coverage. We learned of first phone calls to their fam...

April 13, 2025 - Day 555 - from Generation to Generation

To me, what actually connects us is not Hanukkah and lighting candles. It's not fasting on Yom Kippur, all dressed in white. It's not even Shabbat, our day of rest. To me, it's Passover. The ceremonial dinner, where we sit and retell the story of our Exodus from slavery in Egypt. Including our ultimate arrival to Israel, the Promised Land. For thousands of years, we have gathered around tables with our families and communities and told the story of Moses and Pharoh while drinking wine, recounting plagues and miracles, singing songs, and declaring שנה הבאה בירושלים - Next Year in Jerusalem. This year I was honored to be part of two Seders (traditional ceremonial dinner). One for the kids, held early in the afternoon, cutting to the chase of songs and story. The other was at my aunt's house at a traditional time in the evening. At this second Seder, I used my newly inherited Haggadah (book we use to retell the story) from my nearly 98 year old great uncle Bob. ...

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Day 34 - November 9, 2023 - Would you hide me?

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