My plan today was to run errands all morning, to make up for the stuff I missed doing yesterday when we had those rockets from Yemen and Lebanon.  Normally I think I take the rockets in stride, keep my head down and don’t let it get into my heart or humor.  But I found myself watching the tremendous rocket barrages on tv today – the damages to property are incredible.  And when you think of a child in a war with a rocket as big as a truck, it is really terrifying.  

This is of course true of Lebanon and Gaza as well as Israel, but the rockets here are closer to me – I know those neighborhoods.  I know those people.