The few among you must have noticed the troll's comments here. They don't last long here, thanks to the blogger who allows comments to be deleted, and they really do nothing for me, but I wonder what the unfortunate mental components are of those who choose to be a troll. First of all, he must be very cowardly, he has no profile, he has no figure and face, he is anonymous, he has no courage to express his opinion openly. And he doesn't actually have an opinion either, from his comments it is clear that he is very anti-Israel and anti-Semitic, and anti-Semitism is not an opinion. He is very angry that I really like people who support me here, and expresses his anger in a very childish way that indicates some other problematic lines in his personality. The overt and covert aggression he shows in his comments make me wonder where else this comes out in his life, and I'm sure this is a very unhappy person. Choosing to be a troll is choosing to be a bad and cowardly person, your comments are deleted before I even read them, so I suggest you, instead of investing the energy here, take care of yourself, maybe get the right treatment and restore your miserable personality.
more or less
simple life of a grand mother
simple life
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Friday, October 11, 2024
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur eve.
I'm not religious, but you can't ignore this holiday. It's always been that way. This is a holiday where you fast, ask for forgiveness and believe (those who believe) that on this day everyone's fate is determined. There are no cars on the roads and there are no radio and television broadcasts. It's always been that way.
But like everything with us, everything is always emotionally charged and complicated, It is no coincidence that 51 years ago the Yom Kippur War broke out in which we were attacked from all sides.
This war left me a very young widow with a baby girl.
And now this war, it still has no end.
Rumors say that even today we may be attacked, there is an incessant noise of planes in the sky, something very unusual on Yom Kippur but has become routine for almost a year now.
The phones are next to us because from there will come the message whether to go to the shelters.
In the north, hundreds of rocket launches all day and evening. I want my old life back. The days when I wasn't afraid to take a shower because there might just be an alarm, the days when I didn't arrange my shoes so that I would find them in the dark if I had to run to the shelter at night, the days when I could plan for tomorrow without saying at the end of every sentence "if everything will be alright".
And there are also good things, yesterday my granddaughter sent a message "Grandma, I couldn't ask for a better grandmother".
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
a new day
Corresponding with my granddaughter on WhatsApp while staying in the bomb shelter yesterday evening, (outside many alarms and explosive sounds of ballistic missiles from Iran) she;
"grandmother
did you have an alarm
are you ok? how are you?
"We are in a shelter" (my answer) me-
she-
very good
how are you feeling (she asks)
I send her a picture of the little children of the neighbors who are with me in the shelter and draw pictures on pages that their parents made sure to prepare in advance in the shelter.
she-
will be fine
Stay in the shelter
I was with a friend and we entered the protected room
we are all fine
And after we got quieter we sent each other hearts and flowers on WhatsApp.
She is 14 years old, with the spirit of a devoted and caring grandmother.
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
be brave
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Meanwhile here
As time goes by we get used to fear, it becomes a pale shadow of itself and sometimes it turns into indifference. Words like "regional war" that many talk about as a realistic option here wake it up anew, but thank God that nature invented the defense mechanisms and you can move on as if nothing happened. I'm sorry I don't comment on your posts, you are my favorite people and you know who you are, I read every day and love you but something has become silent in me, it will come back. Our lives that are made of layers are made of the same gems everywhere in the world, the joys, the troubles, the health, the sick, the meals, the birthdays, the togetherness and the loneliness, here there is simply one more layer that is very special to this place and it is called spirits of war, it is definitely a challenge to deal with it and I Hope we succeed.
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
I'll be on my way soon
I'll be on my way soon. Like every Wednesday lately. 35 minutes to the destination. In my bag, a thinly sliced chicken breast, seasoned breadcrumbs, pasta, ground meat, tomato paste, a bottle of Cola Zero and chocolate. I will prepare schnitzels and bolognese for the children.
The problem is just the way. If it catches me in the middle of the road it's really dangerous. You have to get out of the vehicle and lie on the ground with your hands covering your head. I can lie on the ground, not sure I'll be able to get up easily.
Sunday, August 4, 2024
Life on a volcano
I've always loved reading descriptions of people's lives in Europe before the Holocaust, how they lived on the edge of a volcano before it erupted, how aware they were of the impending danger, how much they lived in denial, and how they coped with their helplessness, with the fate they had no control over. . I have read Victor clampere diaries more than once. (I may be spelling his last name wrong here), this is an accurate and reliable description of a man facing his destiny.
I was also interested in how people who actually live near volcanoes always return to live in those places even after their homes are destroyed by volcanic eruptions. I have never tried to explain to myself this curiosity and attraction to the life stories of the people who walk on the edge of the abyss and still walk. Now I am this woman walking on the edge of the volcano. Me and with me a few million more here.
Our history and our genes have prepared us for such situations, it's not entirely new, but every time something dramatic happens here, another new element is added that wasn't there before. This time we are promised attacks from the north, from the east, from the south, we are talking about seven different fronts, all the airlines have canceled flights here, many countries are begging their citizens to flee the area and take any possible flight immediately anywhere in the world, just don't stay in this area. People are urged to stockpile food, candles, water, generators, etc. and check if they have a protected space. I didn't do any of that and I don't have a protected space. We don't know when it will start, it could happen any minute or some other time soon. Every appointment to the doctor, to the hairdresser, anywhere ends with the words "if nothing happens", nothing is certain.