Please indulge me here this morning. When I saw the first of
these two items I thought about sharing it here, but then I saw the second and
I knew I could not resist.
The first is a picture drawn by our first grade granddaughter,
Maya, 6 years old. The picture depicts the recent holiday of Simchat Torah, which is the annual
celebration of the end and beginning of the cycle of reading the Torah, the five books of Moses. In
traditional Jewish settings, men and women dance separately. Some more
progressive synagogues provide the women as well as the men with a Torah scroll
for the festivities. To Maya, this is quite a routine sight, and that is part
of the beauty of the picture. She does not think she has drawn anything all
that unusual, but for many of us who remember the earlier days of such ideas,
it is heartwarming to see it coming so naturally to her.
The second item is a short video compiled by our
grandchildren’s school to advertise an upcoming event. At 1 minute and 13
seconds in, Ella is the second from the left in the first row. At 1 minute and
23 seconds, Maya (in the red sweater) is with her friend ‘Becca. I have watched
this about a dozen times already!
Guilty as charged: I guess I am one of those grandmothers!
Love,
Rebecca
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