They left flags of Isis along with the decapitated bodies of our children. It was a message to us that they mean business – to slaughter all of us. And now some of them are being treated in our hospitals now.
I can understand why someone would join Isis – after all the flag says “There is no god but Allah and Mohammed is His prophet” which is the prayer of Islam. But they do not represent Islam. Islam does not slaughter babies.
isis flags in kibutzim Read Post »
imagine this – after decapitating a family, the terrorist goes through their pockets, steals their jewelry, money and credit cards for a shopping spree, grabs the play station for the kids, etc. etc. God send Elijah to Ahab and has him say:
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My mother managed through the wars by always looking forward. And when things were particularly difficult, don’t think at all about what happened, only if it helps you to understand what will happen. This always helps me in times of war.
So I will not dwell on decapitation of babies in the south, but the need to fortify the defences in the north. Thank goodness my invalid friend in the northern border has been moved to a safe place. She was saying she will die in her living room, the one with a piece of rocket from the gulf war on her sideboard, and I was tortured by that image.
One of my grandsons is volunteering to organize packages to soldiers in the south, one is a soldier, and my daughter is treating people for trauma. But I am doing little except writing, comforting friends, and following the news.
My blue-eyed cardiologist met me this morning because he’s going on reserve duty tomorrow, and although he really concentrated on my heart, I could see the concern in those beautiful eyes.
My mother always said you should keep the people who need to concentrate on defence full of love and power.
mother said – oct 11, 2023 Read Post »
If you write me to ask if i’m okay, and I answer, it means I’m okay at the moment. Any one here might not be okay a moment from now. Rockets are falling indiscriminately, there are still ISIS type guys wandering around the country, and as much as we try to keep things normal, there are dangers all around. So okay doesn’t mean much.
what does okay mean? 0ct 10, 2023 Read Post »
Every day that I write I’m okay so far. We may be crying or going crazy in other ways but we’re okay. We haven’t been successful much in trying to provide equipment for the soldiers, but we have been trying to comfort others as much as possible. so far so good,
this is an amazing country and people have taken over many of the tasks the government has not been capable of handling – like counting the dead, taking over the farming tasks of those incapable of working, etc. The government may stink, but the people are incredible.
every post – oct 10, 2023 Read Post »
Here is my morning: – We call the pharmacy to see if it is open today. It was closed yesterday afternoon when we went to pick up our flu shots and today there was a very long queue to get in. Since the supermarket isn’t delivering, I thought to use the time to buy vegetables, and made a sizable purchase. After that I remembered that we needed ice for the vaccines and ran to buy frozen veggies. (The lines were too long and no one was willing to let me by with my peas so I bought some frozen sauce at a take-away shop) By the time I came back Ezi was closer to our turn so I joined him. But to my chagrin, even though I had the order in my hand, the computer refused to give me the vaccine. Mohammed was very apologetic about it, but the order just wouldn’t go through. We have an appointment for the injections themselves on Tuesday so there is time to try to solve the mess, but it was a waste of a morning.
Not a total waste, because I wanted to see which stores in the strip mall were open and which were closed. Ezi’s argument was that Arabs were afraid to show up for work against my theory that other workers were on reserve duty were both disproved when the dress shops were also closed. Ah but at least one of the dress shops is run by Arab women. How silly, I thought, why shouldn’t everything be open. Then, as we were driving home, an alarm was sounded. Like the others, we stopped the car in the middle of the street and ran to lie down against a wall. I discovered myself doing a duck-and-cover position learned from the cold war. How strange to find myself in that position 70 years after the grammar school drills.
The big problem was getting up.
After a visit to the beleaguered grocery store who isn’t getting his deliveries so is guarding over empty shelves, we visited our grieving neighbor whose wife died in the night. He didn’t even hear the sirens, and probably didn’t care.
Now I call my friend on the northern border – just to crack a few jokes about her old age and Parkinsons and how she’s guarding the border – and then we’ll see what come after lunch…
Oh, yes, my new shoes from Amazon were delivered. Lovely golden heels.
a typical morning – oct 9, 2023 Read Post »
