tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998521225863214184.post2480240408348303503..comments2023-09-25T04:23:23.964-04:00Comments on most days i win: JapanDaniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16432840953994166762noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998521225863214184.post-59674277582865233612011-03-15T21:24:00.425-04:002011-03-15T21:24:00.425-04:00Hadas, I read your comment this morning and all da...Hadas, I read your comment this morning and all day I've been thinking about it while gazing at my girls' glowing eyes and cheeks. I don't deal well with these extreme feelings at all. Since giving birth I've lost any tolerance I had for tragedy because I just can't disconnect myself. So when I read about how that Israeli family died, all I could do was hug Alyce and Shira because otherwise I'd just cry. I have to hope that I can help to raise these wonderful human beings to do good things in the world (and I don't mean win Nobel prizes, but to be kind and generous). I worry about how to explain all this to them. I'm relieved that Alyce is still too young.<br /><br />What a rotten weekend.<br /><br />Hope this week is better.Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432840953994166762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998521225863214184.post-17520344800811738562011-03-15T01:45:43.264-04:002011-03-15T01:45:43.264-04:00I woke up on Friday morning looking forward for a ...I woke up on Friday morning looking forward for a pleasant Shabbat with my husband and our 5.5 months old daughter...when I heard about Japan and then later during the weekend read about the Israeli family who was murdered (they had a three month old baby and two older kids) and I am an Israeli...You suggest hugging our kids and then hug them again but all I can think of is the constant conflict of bringing these beautiful babies into the world with their glowing eyes and cheeks and the terrible realities we experience otherwise. How do you live with such extreme feelings? do you sometimes feel selfish for bringing up children in such gloomy existence? <br /><br />sorry for being so morbid...<br /><br />HadasAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13176147803865647082noreply@blogger.com