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| Sherri at her daughter Daisy's Bat Mitzvah |
when you are having fun
when you fill your days with study and text
when you are traveling and engaged in new adventures
when you are learning a new language
creating a new identity and life
Time even flies…
when you are bored
when you are stuck in a rut
when you feel frozen
Time seems to come to a standstill…
when you are sitting in a hospice room, saying goodbye to your
best friend/cousin who is like your one of your sisters
Today is my birthday
last year I woke up in Tucson, Arizona visiting Max
Today I wake up
in my new apartment in Jerusalem, about to go to school
Next year…
who knows
Years fly by…
First I’m 5 years old, then 10, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55, 65, 75, 85, 95, 120…
Minutes, hours, days, years fly by in a blink of an eye…
So make the most of the time you are given
collect memories
smile, laugh, hug, engage with lifecry and scream, lay in bed when you need to
then get up, dust yourself off and start over again
Time flies by...
In a blink of an eye
This poem is written in memory of my beautiful cousin Sherri Takiff Zirlin.
She died on December 31, 2018, a month before her 50th birthday.
In honor of her life and mine…
I hope you will smile at someone you don’t know.
Hug up your people.
Call your family.
Tell the people you love- how much you love them.
Love yourself.
And just smile.
February 24, 2019
Collecting Memories
PS what I've been doing since my last blog post in October
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| Learning Biblical Hebrew grammar |
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| Thanksgiving 2018, Chicago with over 40 family members |
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| 8th Night of Hanukah Dec 2018 back in Jerusalem |
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| I finally have dual citizenship! Dream come true! |
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| Got to see Uncle Jack on my visit to Chicago January 2019 |
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| Tu B'shvat Seder in the Jerusalem Hills January 2019 |
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| Now I'm really an Israeli- everyone wears these shoes :-) |
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| Studying Torah, I can read out loud and translate! Chanting is next years goal. |
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| Women of the Rail! Havdallah on the רַכֶּבֶת |
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| Eclipse over Jerusalem- super cool! Thanks, Ari |
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| Beautiful flowers on the hill where I watched the eclipse with friends |
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| My Dad's yahrzeit January 18 |
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| My Mom yahrzeit January 31 |
Amazing day of hiking to see the red kalaniyot flowers
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| I love this photo of me. Wearing my Mandela spirituality shirt (I am safe, I am loved, I am where I am supposed to be) at the same time wearing tefillin in a sea of red flowers. I am in heaven. I embody polarities! First time laying tefillin. |
I think overall that catches you up a bit. I have 2 more blog posts ready to send later this week. My trip to Turkey in Jan, a talk I gave at Pardes.
With so much love/אהבתי and gratitude,
Tamy
