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19th February
2021
Good Shabbes dear
friends.
I just wanted to drop
you a note to explain why I'm not writing my long missive today.
Yes we had snow, albeit
for a short time and yes President Biden and PM Netanyahu had an hour and a
half long conversation, apparently a very friendly one, and yes we are out of
closure but life has been a bit too exciting lately.
Two
young grand-daughters came to stay to see the snow, which doesn't fall in Nes
Ziona! On Wednesday, we decided to take them for a lovely walk in the Park ha
Mesilot to see spring flowers. was an exciting day.
It was a freezing cold day, but we had fun pointing out all the glorious spring
wildflowers, cyclamen, almond blossom, lupins and bright red poppies. Then it
happened, Zvi tripped and fell flat on his face – literally – from his 2 metre
height flat on his face. Broken nose + 8 stitches on his nose, abrasions on all
his joints. Luckily he had taken his glasses off because they were steaming up.
I tried to lift him after checking he could
move, but wasn't successful and he couldn't lift himself. Two cars stopped to
help, the men lifting him up onto a bench, taking care of him, stopping the
horrendous bleeding, and waiting with him while I raced to bring the car to
take him to hospital.....Both families were Israeli Arabs.....both helped
without even giving us their names so that we could thank them. I want you to
know that they were Arab, Israeli Arab families, because all you ever read in
the media is that we fight each other all the time which just isn't true. They
were superb.
In Shaare Zedek emergency they did all the
tests, CT of his head and so on and then he came home.
In the meantime he is turning all sorts of
colours on his face, black and blue, but being very brave. I just took him back
to Shaare Zedek because the pain in his right arm suggests that the X-ray
missed a hairline fracture.
So as you see – I have too much on my mind,
and two grand-daughters who will wake up to find that Saba is back in hospital
emergency!!!
I wish you, and us, a good Shabbat.
With much love from Jerusalem
Sheila
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