Spring Cleaning
With spring upon us the time was right to ‘make some changes’. Not that I could ever understand why this has to happen every spring, (‘we changed that sofa last spring’) but that’s just the way it is. This year … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Humor
Independence
It’s 12:24 AM. I am in Yeela’s room staring at the energies coming from the bend in the road. Doing exactly what the Ma-asah-lee ordered and listening to the mixer in the kitchen. To the novice reader this seems like … Continue reading
Daniel Turns Twelve
It’s not that we didn’t know it was coming. In fact we knew about it twelve years in advance, yet somehow there was some apprehension in the air. Some weird stressful feeling that does not usually accompany birthdays. Perhaps it … Continue reading
Foundation
Remember the closing comments from the previous letter: There is a purpose for everything in life. I was connected (to the Internet), Ima was connected, Tal was connected Osmo or Tintin were connected and you will soon be connected. We’ll … Continue reading
Gray Areas of the Law
The past two weeks have been all about getting Ima back on her feet so that she can take care of all of us. As you know your leaving the house was hard on everyone. You consolidated your assets into … Continue reading
Victoria
The summer vacation began right after Gallia had undergone a disk fusion operation. Yeela graduated from high school, completing a three-year program and flew with British Airways to Israel a day later, her suitcase was damaged, she didn’t get a … Continue reading
The Art of Pokemon
Dear Yeela, My understanding is that over the past three weeks your concerns have become more and more centralized around your need to carry your belongings from one place to the other, Rumors have it that while more than one … Continue reading
Migrations
I would like to start by saying that I miss you all very much and would be very happy to have you all back at home at least for a while. As I was thinking about it I came to … Continue reading
Getting Through the Day
Hello Girls, For the first time in months Suma was up and about without having to be awakened. Its a shame that it happened at 05:30 in the morning. She was looking for you to say goodbye. Without opening the … Continue reading
Home Alone
Sorry I was ten days late. There were a few left overs that I had to take care of before I left. As this might sound like a feeble excuse I felt compelled to put it in writing… July 24th … Continue reading
I Want to Go to Dandan רוצה לדן-דן
Read as Google Doc Dear Galyupe,
When Imma is Away
So it finally happened. One of these phone calls you hope will never come. Anyway now we’re dealing with it. The good news is that staying at home with the kids is much easier than staying home alone. It’s amazing … Continue reading
Semi Nocturnal, Semi Diurnal
As you recall we had a forth child – Amitai. As time goes by it becomes more and more obvious that the theory about the fourth child being independent was conceived by people who never had any children. Either that … Continue reading
Genealogy
We are vigorously preparing for Gallia’s parents arrival. I’m strengthening the ‘Succah’ which we haven’t completely dismantled since Succot, so they have where to stay, and Gallia is feverishly rehearsing every day situations, repeatedly mumbling the calming phrases she intends … Continue reading
Visitors
It’s time to document the past several months. Let’s start from the latest news and work our way back as far as I can remember reliably. We spent the past week in Washington DC. We didn’t plan the trip but … Continue reading