Because I learned so much from zoom this year, I was anxious to see how the kids have switched back to zoom after having been in school for a few weeks.  The only difference I noticed was the extent to which their ears were attuned to sounds outside.  A motorcycle revving up, a whirr from a kitchen appliance, a news program from a passing car – anything can prime them for a race to shelter.    Things seem normal, but there is a level of awareness and sensitivity that I remember from previous wars.  So many previous wars.

I know the children in Gaza are affected worse – they get a phone call to leave their homes and their homes disappear.  And then no one is responsible for them.  It is terrible.