The Year of Living (Not So) Dangerously

August 20, 2006 - 3:42 AM by Allison

Yael marks the one-year anniversary of her immigration to Israel:

In spite of my losses and the pain I feel over them, in spite of the war that took place in a country in which I now have many friends living, in spite of sometimes being afraid and sometimes being angry, of sometimes being frustrated and sometimes losing hope for a better future….in spite of all these things, I have have no regrets. Indeed, I’ve gained far, far more. Friendships of a good and deep variety I’ve forged. As I write this I have a sabra kitten curled in my lap and another curled behind me. Mischa is showing Israeli ingenuity and helping himself to food from a container that is theoretically childproof but certainly not Cat-olim proof. Buffy is proving she is the princess of any country in which she resides, be it the U.S., Germany, or her home in Israel. Matan showing true sabra colours is gently giving Gingi a bath (after having chased him round the apartment earlier). And me, I’m looking forward to starting the second year of the rest of my life in my country, as an Israeli.

And that, my friends, is cause for celebration.

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