Things We Take For Granted

I sometimes forget that on this very tiny rock, some small, and perhaps insignificant things make such an impact.

If the PX gets Chanukkah cards, it could quite possibly be well after the holiday is already over.

The Jewish community in Okinawa has an amazing benefactor in the US who sends us Challot and care packages for Rosh Hashannah. I don't know how she knew, but in her Chanukkah care package, she added four types of Chanukkah cards.

At Friday night Oneg after services, I laid them out and everyone's faces lit up. They just assumed that they would not have access to Chanukkah cards again this year.

Something so simple means the world when you are isolated from the rest of the Jewish world.

Thank you Marla, for your wonderful care packages that lift our spirits.

Thank you Sue and Jack, for sweetening our Shabbat Oneg.