tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899086331107445618.post7396746790552694899..comments2024-01-08T04:32:29.278-05:00Comments on Sarah Siegel Stories: Emotion Parade During Our Trip to IsraelSarah Siegelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16450372333989477835noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899086331107445618.post-63901538266655847332012-07-10T22:00:28.556-04:002012-07-10T22:00:28.556-04:00Dear Sari,
Oy. Didn't recall that about your ...Dear Sari,<br /><br />Oy. Didn't recall that about your dad and your son David as I was writing. Fixed it. <br /><br />I keep thinking about accidents of birth. How it's an accident of birth that I'm five (or more?) years older than you -- I'll be 47 on Friday -- and so that that's why I knew Sabta when she was in Maryland. How it's an accident of birth that you had, as your father, the child of Chayah and Eliezer Siegel who lasted the longest. How it's an accident of birth that Edna and Meishe were born in Israel and we weren't, and so they're part of a tight-knit family that drops in on one another in a way we'll never do in the States, where all of us live too far apart, and where it's just simply at odds with our culture to be that spontaneous. Still, even as we in this country seem to see each other mostly for simchas or funerals/shivas, I always enjoy your company when I'm in it...and an experience like the one Pat & I had in Beit Herut makes me confident that if we saw each other more randomly, we'd enjoy each other's company then, too.<br /><br />Love,<br />SarahSarah Siegelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16450372333989477835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899086331107445618.post-88824885100128136132012-07-10T20:15:55.603-04:002012-07-10T20:15:55.603-04:00Thanks, Sarah. I loved reading about this. (Though...Thanks, Sarah. I loved reading about this. (Though just to clarify, my dad never met either of my kids; he died a few weeks after David came home from the NICU.) I appreciate your sharing both your thoughts and the pics. I never knew our grandparents, and it was lovely to see the gravestones.<br /><br /><3,<br />SariAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com