What’s it like to be in Israel these days?
It was my daughter’s 4th birthday
It looked like a princess exploded
Leora was Belle, Eliana was Snow White
We got a cake and did arts and crafts
Last week
I spoke to the neighbor across the hall
to ask if we could borrow her kiddie chairs
and to make sure
that if there was a siren
from an incoming missile to Raanana
that we could split the guests
between her bomb shelter
and mine
So this is how we are
Normal isn’t normal
We celebrate the heck out of every occasion
We lean on each other
When someone asks how you are
a standard response is
כמו כולם
“Like everyone”
And if you ask me
that’s the most beautiful
conversation in the world