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InteGRATion into
GRATeFULLness
Singing&Sounding keeps me Sound
The Legend of the Kineret [Lake
of Tiberias]
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Israeli
Folksong |
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2010 - Mika's and My Heaven-on-Earth
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Heaven-on-Earth
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Continuation
of the sequence about Mika's Pirate Party at "The Violet House"
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 To reach the treasure, the pirates have now to overcome obstacles on a volcano. Hinon helps Mika to step on the "obstacles" without falling, but she does fall! |
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 Oree's mother presents her cake with 6 candles and the same does Mika's mother. "one candle is for the coming year", as the Hebrew birthday song says, |
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Mika received 35 - t h i r t y - f i
v e - gifts ........
and at home mother and sister help her to unpack them,
read the blessings and enjoy the variety of what is given
Shabbat, December 18, 2010.
An experience with Mika, which Efrat told me today:
They talked about how secrets shouldn't be shared with anyone.
Mika said: "I also don't share with anyone
how I feel".
Her mother was shocked:
"But Mika, You should find the right people,
like Imma, Abba, Savta, a good friend,
with whom you can share how you feel."
Mika erupted into heart wrenching tears.
"When was it, that you felt bad, Mika?"
She told a story about her former kindergarden:
"There was Carmela, who replaced the kindergardener,
and she said in front of all the children, that I am sassy (khutzpanit).
This hurt me very much, and I can never forget it."
It turned out that this Carmela sometimes came to her new kindergarden,
and never could Mika see her without feeling her pain all over again.
Her mother said:
"You should tell her, what you feel, and I, too, may help you!"
"She will not remember what she said, she
doesn't even remember me!"
I suggested to ask Mika not only: "How was
it in kindergarden today?",
or "how was it concerning this and this
theme, that you learnt about?"
(questions which since recently she tries to evade by saying: "I'll
think about it!")
but also:
"Did something hurt you today? did you feel bad about something?"
Efrat:
"All we need to do, is to return to our
old habit after supper,
according to which everyone says, what was good for him today ,
and if something was bad for him/her to share this too."
I intend to remind them of this from now on, if I should have the chance...
Mika conquers her Kingdom: Shabbat, December 18, 2010
This Shabbat is dedicated to move Mika's bed and stuff
into her new and own room
Her parents had found and bought a desk in just the size of this corner next
to the door.
Though Efrat had dreamt of this room - and complained about its lack - so
intensely,
I could not imagine in the least - despite my own biggest wish,
as a kid and adolescent, - for my own room
how decisive this move from "Savta's Room"
to "Mika's Room" would be ...
[Just now - Dec. 26, 2010 - Immanuel reported in
a phonetalk about yesterday, Shabbat]:
"Mika had her two best friends, Ronny and Gal,
with her for the entire day,
and except for the 2 hours of our picnic in nature , the three never left
Mika's room.
At the end of the day Mika even put the room into neat order."]
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The change that this room will cause in Mika's (and
therefore in MY) life
may be matched by another change of even greater consequence:
the former corner of Mika's bed in her parents' bedroom is now free!
From the beginning (end of June 2010) it was destined
as Immanuel's studio.
But after I had come up with my advice [see
the end of the column of Dec. 13, 2010],
that if Efrat was to succeed in leaving her job and becoming independant,
she needed her own work-place,
the couple began to plan Efrat's place as being adjacent to Immanuel's desk.
The photo to the right shows that there is enough space in that now empty
corner.
My son now [Dec.26] told me, that he was returning
from having bought Efrat's table,
and that Efrat, indeed, planned to say 'good-bye' to her intolerable bosses
till Jan. 8!
It was not only that advice, which I had contributed to this prospect, but
also our talking.
The main talk took place - can I believe it from the sad
perspective of the
next days?- on Shabbat morning
- amidst the turmoil of ordering Mika's room and gathering also all her stuff
from "my" room -
Efrat and I sat on the veranda (no winter in sight...),
and I did everything I could, to empower my daughter-in-love and make her
believe in herself!
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Mika leads her cortege up the stairs into her ready room
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Continuation of Mika's
"Heaven-on-Earth" in December 2010 - in SongGame
July 23, 2007 |