Last night a friend stopped by. She is collecting money for www.levuneshama.org, an organization providing food and other necessities for families in Safed. She says that the situation there is unbearable; many houses have been destroyed and families are going hungry. She is friendly with the founders of the organization and 100% of the funds go to the needy families.

It was a little crazy at our house: my oldest son came back from his camp, just in time to do his laundry before Rosh Chodesh, and the other kids were excited to see him; my older daughter was making another batch of play clay for “Mexico day” in our day camp today; my second son was objecting to our request to turning off the music; and my two-year-old was running around happily after several failed attempts at bedtime. My friend, bless her heart, said, “It’s such a pleasure to come into a house where everyone is healthy.” Her own husband has a chronic illness. And whenever I feel like complaining I remember to be grateful as well that we don’t have rockets (yet) raining down on our house.

Anyway, I’m off to cook some tortillas and make some sombreros. Adios, amigos!!

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