Exaggerating my youthful naïveté had been my standard way to deal with Israeli bureaucracy during all the years we lived in Israel
Little boys at bedtime get happy endings. “And the president gave him one.” I was about to start the explanation when my phone buzzed
But the best was yet to come. Deep down, at the very bottom of the treasure trove, was something I did not even know existed
My fingers were softer now when they caressed those engraved letters. I’d heard more from my grandmother about her treasured older sister Debra, and I understood more about family ties,Lifetakes: A Dish Full of Thanks,My fingers were softer now when they caressed those engraved letters. I’d heard more from my grandmother about her treasured older sister Debra, and I understood more about family ties
Somewhere in the restless cycle of this world, somewhere there’s a memory of that fire enduring for eight golden nights,Lifetakes: The Ninth Candle,Somewhere in the restless cycle of this world, somewhere there’s a memory of that fire enduring for eight golden nights
I hear the rest of her sentence, unsaid words like knives of ice. A few minutes later, and it would’ve been over,Lifetakes: Close Calls,I hear the rest of her sentence, unsaid words like knives of ice. A few minutes later, and it would’ve been over
