#jewnity

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Today feels like the last day.

I don't know how else to explain it. There's this feeling that after today, there can't be a tomorrow. There can't be a year two. A year three.

Years from now, some Jewish kid will be asked by an older Jew, "What year were you born?" And they'll say 2023, and the asker's mind will go to what happened, wondering if they were born in the Before or in the After.

It feels like time ought to stop.

But it doesn't.

Time goes on, we go on.

We do not have the luxury of putting our lives on hold, we have to carry on, both for ourselves and for those who cannot.

October 7th was the darkest time in many of our lives. The year after it was a year of heartbreak and pain. However, it was also a year of strength.

We cried, we mourned, we hurt, and then we stood together.

The amount of Jewish pride, Jewish love, and Jewish unity (Jewnity?) we've witnessed this past year is a miracle in itself.

So remember, we've outlived all those who fought to destroy us, and we'll outlive them now too, together.

We do not forget, we do not move on, but we continue to move forward with the past ever present in our minds.

Am Yisrael Chai, then, now, and forever.

Today we mourn, tomorrow we rise up and continue to stand with our Jewish/Israeli family.