We had a very busy
Memorial Day weekend, and then I spent the last couple of days attending to various
medical appointments, including my 22nd treatment with pembrolizumab
today.
We drove up to Sharon
on Thursday to attend “Yom Orchim,” a program that Striar Hebrew Academy (SHAS),
the local Jewish day school has for special guests, particularly grandparents. Following
the group presentations, Barry spent time with Maya. As a fifth grader (the
oldest students in SHAS), she considered this exercise a bit childish. I spent
most of the time with Julia, and took some adorable pictures as she showed me
around her classroom and participated in the various activities and projects
that were set up for the students.
Friday afternoon we
took Eliana and Maya to see the movie “A Dog’s Journey,” the sequel to the 2017
movie, “A Dog’s Purpose,” which we had seen with Maya in 2017. It is a very
touching film about the multiple “lives” of that same dog. In the current movie,
the dog learns to detect early signs of cancer in people through the sharp
sense of smell that dogs possess. Apparently, dogs can in fact be trained to do
this under some circumstances. It made for a very touching story.
We had a lovely
Shabbat afternoon, having lunch with Simmie and her family at the home of friends
of theirs, and spending the later afternoon with Eliana, Julia, and Noah while
their parents and siblings attended a Bat Mitzvah celebration.
On Sunday we all
headed to the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University:
https://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/. We had not been there in some years,
but this was an especially nice time to go as the impressive and extensive
collection of lilacs are in bloom. We took many pictures but I am waiting to
collect them from everyone; for now, here are a few I can share.
Finally, we returned
to Dina’s home for a barbeque. We were very excited to have been able to buy
the new meat substitute called “Impossible Burger.” I had eaten it before in a
couple of places, but Maya, who has been a vegetarian for a few months now, was
eating it for the first time and really enjoyed it. Here are a couple of
pictures, and you can see it really does look like a hamburger. I admit I have
not eaten a beef hamburger in about thirty years, but from what I can recall
this does taste quite a bit like the “real thing,” and opens the door for
eating something those who observe the Jewish dietary laws have never been able
to eat: a cheeseburger! We could not do this on Sunday because the burgers were
cooked on a meat surface, but it is something I plan to try.
We were fortunate
that the weekend weather was so lovely. Now the rain has returned. At least we
did not have any tornadoes here, as I believe happened in New Jersey.
Be well, all.
Love,
Rebecca
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