I love this time of year. It’s getting colder every day, the trees are changing their colors, the Holiday season is just around the corner. It’s the season of family, gift, food, shopping, and the leaves are changing their color. Indeed, spending a couple of late Septembers, early October in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, kind of [...]
The year was 1979. I was barely seventeen, and using some savings, and my parents’ money I purchased a round trip ticket from Tel Aviv to New York. I didn’t sleep for days before, excited, thrilled. On the night of the flight the entire family drove to the airport to see me off. I stood [...]
A few weeks ago my wife mentioned that a friend of a friend emailed about a Saturday field trip. As I am programmed, I asked when was this planned for, and when the answer came that it wasn’t the coming weekend, I must have muttered something and forgot about the whole thing. As nature goes, [...]
Today, October 4, 2011, is a very important day for my family. Today, fifty years ago, on October 4, 1961, my parents were married. My father just turned 25, and my mother haven’t celebrated her 21st birthday just yet. My father was born in Jerusalem thirteen years before Israel won recognition as a state by [...]
Given the last year, I thought this one deserves an extra blessing for all. I hope everyone has room for one more wish from the Hayardenys…
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