Happy Birthday

Shalom God,
I'm in between today.  You see yesterday, the 22nd of June was Liati's birthday and tomorrow the 24th is Ayelet's.  It seems so symbolic - Liat came first then Ayelet and in between the two I had to find space for myself - to believe that I could go on; that I could love again; that I could find joy.

So here I am, 11 years later back in that space - remembering Liati and celebrating Ayelet.

I remember when we were choosing Ayelet's name - we wanted to name her after Liat and looked for names that shared the same gematria (numerical value) as the name Liat.  We found Ayelet and only later realized that it was not just the gematria that the two names shared, but the letters as well - ליאת and אילת.

Though she never met her, Ayelet is bound up with Liat in my heart.  Every year at this time I hold both of them, one on either side with me in between.

Thanks for listening,
David