Life in Paradise

Life here is rather quiet, yet so productively busy- we are preparing our garden. We are very happy with the beautiful space we are so gratefuly enjoying. The DH and sons are weeding, fertilizing and getting the ground ready for the beautiful plants we plan on putting in the earth.

We are adopting a puppy - a black lab mix- she's going to be huge... an outdoor dog. Her name is Gingi... she has red in her fur. A sweet dog. Needs to be spayed. I asked Alan if we were ready to take on a twelve to fourteen year commitment. We do have kids already- a lifelong commitment. Little guy has been begging for a dog for ages, can't wait to see his face when we bring Gingi home today. Big guy too- better than any girl. Requires time, patience, love and devotion. This is a good answer for the family.

We have to buy a car. I pray that it won't take Hashem too much to provide this for us- after all the war in Israel now is not a natural war- it is Hashem's war.

Israel is a nation of Jews but not a jewish nation... if it were truely a jewish nation, we would be living with the torah and questions that riddle the leaders would be answered quite easily. The leaders today have no faith. They are so bent upon proving that they control - not Hashem- this country, that they are going to be cutting their noses off to spite their faces. All rabbis and spiritual leaders at this time agree that this is Hashem's war. People are just the tools. Olmert is a poor wartime leader. But the blame for all this flip-flopping lies in lack of faith. He places a Kippah on his head and says a bracha- good!- but if the next minute you eat "traif" the bracha becomes a chillul Hashem.

Paradise. Israel. When will we be the Jewish nation? Sh'ma Yisrael Hashem Elokeinu, Hsahem Echad. Did you hear that?