Most of us don’t want to think about it.  If we’re not in the front or don’t have captured or displaced friends we try to ignore the situation when there are no rockets.  But we always know there are terrible threats around the corner, and any bad news reminds us of that.  I see it in the daily behaviour of people, the little slip-ups, the wrong turns, tiny things forgotten. 

But with all that – we’re still thinking straight and functioning.  We have been roped into a serious war by two major attacks on Israel by Iran – and now we’ve got to stay even-headed.

So we spent the evening helping a grandchild study for a math test of Sunday. Will there be school on sunday?  Will there be a test?