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MAJOR WARS: 1948 - Israel's War of Independence 1956 - Suez Crisis 1967 - Six-Day War 1973 - Yom Kippur War 1982 - Lebanon War 2006 - Second Lebanon War 2023 - Hamaz, Hezbollah Iran, etc. Here we go again! The most Jewish people killed since the Holocaust. (War years 1933-45 global conflict.) A beautiful country, a military powerhouse, a democratic state, a homeland of the Jewish people! As Golda Meir said: "You cannot negotiate properly with someone who has come to kill you." How many religions are in Israel? As of 2022, 73.6% are Jewish, 18.1% Muslim, 1.9% Christian, and 1.6% Druze. The remaining 4.8% include Samaritanism and Bahai, and unclassified. The events of October 7, 2023, bred out of pure anti-Semitism. Never again! It must be remembered every day!
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 It’s our beautiful Villa on Lake Como in Italy. On the right is the home of our neighbors, Amal and George Clooney. Last night we attended their cocktail party, with Brad Pitt and Matt Damon. They all read the script of my book and agreed to do the movie.
We have just had breakfast looking at the beautiful lake and will take our personal sailboat out on the lake. The weather is balmy and there is calm in the air. We are enjoying all that life has to give on this beautiful day. Are we dreaming? Is it real? Of course! It is in my mind’s eye! A beautiful place and a beautiful oil painting, allowing us to fantasize…LOL  “She was totally impassive to the obvious sexual wrong-doing. There were no feelings left, and she just didn’t care.”
“She no longer questioned his whereabouts, and thought, Let it go, the way it goes.” The popular joke was: Why did the cat get divorced? The answer was: Because he was a Cheetah! ”Weak and at her wit's end, she went downstairs in an effort to get away from his outburst. She’d then slipped and fallen in the center foyer of the house. Michael had apparently followed her; he’d grabbed her on the floor and put his hands around her throat and started choking her. Looking at his violent face, she’d lay there helplessly thinking, this is it. He will finally kill me.” EDITOR’S NOTE Rachel had held tight to the goal of raising and putting her children through school. She needed to control this. At this juncture, her twins were graduating from High School. She had put so much time in and soldiered her situation till now. Now it had turned violent. She could walk away! It was 1987. Could she upset their college dreams? She thought, “One choice might be, “Three sheets to the wind.” (No, nothing to do with being personally drunk.) That phrase has its origin in the days of “Sailing ships.” At the end of each sail, there was a cord called a sheet. If the sheet is loose, (or drunk), it doesn’t provide control. It could be tightened or loosened depending on the strength of the wind. Could she let it all go loose and let her ship go, or could she tighten it? She was all about control and garnering strength…..What will she do?  HAVE YOU READ “THE FEELING?”
WHO WAS ADRIENNE SANDERS Let me introduce you: Adrienne was Rachel’s mother-in-law and Michael’s Mother. Adrienne was a great homemaker and hard worker. By trade, she was a bookkeeper and liked to keep things in their proper columns. The family loved her cooking, specifically her coffee cake. She would always be on Rachel’s side, except if she thought the family would be broken. She was great friends with Rachel’s Mother and the two women spoke every week, and plotted for their mutual family. Her own marriage had a great deal of unhappiness, but they stayed together, as most couples in that era did. Her passing occurred on her daughter-in-law's birthday, as though it was her final decision to stay connected on that day. Rachel loved and respected her till her untimely end. DID YOU KNOW THAT THE NAME OCTOBER,... ...originated from the Roman Calendar? It means “Eight.” It was the eighth month on that calendar. January and February were added later on, as the Romans increased the calendar to 12 months. At this point, October became the 10th month. Confusing? That’s what the Romans thought and decided to leave the 10th month with the name October!   It’s a beautiful month. Temperatures have cooled down and a new landscape appears. There are vibrant colors of orange, yellow, and red, with an atmosphere of crisp and cool air.
The pumpkin farms are bustling, as Halloween is coming. The kids look forward to it and love dressing up in costumes. Most parents dread the holiday, as they need to be vigilant for the safety of their children. And oh yes, that doorbell keeps ringing! Have fun kids…young and old!! It’s amazing! When do you become you?  A STORY OF CONCEPTIONTwo weeks into your Mother’s monthly cycle, one of the eggs (that will become you) starts to grow. It is automatic. It is a fluid-filled sac called a follicle. Your Mother’s body will not desert you, as it will release a hormone that thickens the lining of her uterus and is now ready to protect the egg. Thank you, Mother! Next, nature steps in, and you, (the egg) travel to the fallopian tube and reside there for approximately 24 hours. Here’s where the excitement starts…You are waiting for one single sperm to fertilize you. Just ONE, mind you! It’s AMAZING! There are millions of sperm. The winner, a sperm (THE sperm) penetrates the egg. A big change occurs, and NOW, no other sperm can enter the egg. You have been fertilized and at that very instant, your genes and sex are set. If the sperm has a Y chromosome, you will be a boy. If it has an X chromosome, you will be a girl. Life has begun. Amazing! You, the egg, will comfortably stay in your mother’s fallopian tube for about 3-4 days. (Thank goodness for the well-earned rest) However, within 24 hours after being fertilized a division of cells starts. Slowly it begins the journey to the uterus for implantation or attachment and you are where you are supposed to be! By the 10th-12th day, you are given the title: EMBRYO. You are now considered a whole human being. IT’S AMAZING!!!!! Within 3 weeks, your first nerve cells have formed. Shortly after, your brain has started to appear. At 4 weeks, forms of your face and neck develop...The lungs, heart, blood vessels, stomach, and liver are coming into being. You need nourishment and the evolving placenta will do that for you. At 8 weeks, you are actually a tiny bit more than half an inch…Everything is forming. Your eyelids, ears, tip of nose, arms, legs, fingers, toes. Are you, YOU, … yet? At the end of the 10th week, you have graduated, as you are now considered A FETUS! This title is yours until birth. At 12 weeks, Fetus, You, measures approximately 2 inches. You can move! You can hear, and you have a heartbeat! Your sex organs are now clear. The end of the first trimester. 16 weeks…You measure 4 – 4.6 inches. You weigh about 3.5 ounces. Wow, you can blink. Your heart and blood vessels are fully formed. You are unique as your fingers and toes now have fingerprints. At 20 weeks, you are halfway through your 40-week process. You have found comfort and can now suck your thumb, it feels good to yawn, and stretch. You are moving. Those people outside want to do an ultrasound. They want to know if you are a boy or a girl. (The secret is now out.) They are excited. You guess that they are what are known as parents. 24 weeks…You feel a jerking response when your Mom hiccups. Your inner ear is fully developed. A network of nerve cells provides consciousness. 28 weeks, third-trimester beginning. Good chance you will survive now! What have you been doing? You have spent 95% of the day sleeping, mostly in REM sleep. It is likely that you are dreaming. Your brain will develop and so will your memory. 32 weeks and you are almost 4 lbs. and its fun to move. Layers of fat are forming under your skin. 36 weeks. You are about 18.6 inches and about 6 lbs. Your brain has developed quickly. Your lungs are almost fully developed. Wow, your head is now positioned down your Mom’s pelvis. 40 weeks…..is the optimum for your birth. BirthLungs are the last organ to develop, but they are formed now. You are starting to feel pressure as you are squeezed and heading down the birth canal. You have been cushioned in Mother’s womb and suddenly this is the beginning of your journey. You have heard your Mother’s voice and your Father’s too. There were other people who talked to you. You are so happy that no one disturbed your trip of becoming YOU…They allowed you to develop. You wanted to live and are grateful that no one stopped you…You are almost there…Your Mother is helping and pushing you out. Soon you will meet her. Your head is out and slowly your whole body is delivered. People are helping to clear the fluid from your mouth and throat and your lungs are filling with air. You take your first precious breath! You cry, telling the world that your respiratory and circulatory system has made the transition from life inside your Mom’s womb to YOUR life outside. OMG! It is shocking. They are cutting the umbilical cord. Will it hurt? No, there is no pain because the umbilical cord does not have nerves. You are brought to this wonderful human being who is your mother and being held skin-to-skin. She is beautiful and holding you with so much love. You are covered with a blanket and they put a pink hat on your head. Your Dad is looking at you with amazement and swears to protect you. YOU ARE AMAZING! YOU ARE UNIQUE! YOU ARE BORN! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! “I made it! “ “Life is beautiful!  |
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