Dear Leahleh, Michoel, and kinderlach,
It is 1 in the morning. After reading your last entry earlier
this evening,
my heart filled with love and sadness for you and Yossi.
Even HaShem cries for the frailty of the human body. But it is
the neshama
that soars to magnificent heights. With all my faith I believe
that Yossi is
lovingly watching over you there. He, like so many valiant
fighters of
devastating human diseases, is waiting and watching over you
with love.
My Emah, also fought a valiant fight, and when my Abba said to
the four of us
that "This isn't your mother, this isn't her," I wanted to
argue. Then a few
moments later when I heard my shtarke father say to my beloved
Emah, "it's
okay. You fought hard and long. It's okay, you can rest now. We
understand
you are weary. It's okay to let go now.", I understood what he
meant and we
felt her sigh, even in her coma, and she quietly passed away.
This is a
terrible moment for anyone losing a loved one.
My mother used to visit the children's cancer ward when she was
in the
hospital for cancer treatments. Eventhough she was a very young
mother with
four very young children when she first got cancer, she always
worried about
the children in the hospital. She was a scrapper and a fighter.
I know that
heaven will be a place where my Mom, my children's Sabba,Bubby
and all of our
loved ones will take gentle and eternal care of Yossi.
The joy and light that Yossi gave you, his siblings, his
friends, and
community will always shine. He is a special neshama put on this
earth and
touched many hearts.
I will share with you an act of random kindness that occurred on
behalf of
Yossi.
I had my kids in my youth group write a large card. I rolled it
up and
brought it to the shipping place in Willow Lawn. When I asked
him how much it
would cost to ship next day, he said $ 60.00
I didn't' have that kind of money at my disposal and
disappointedly asked the
other prices for different deliveries. Unbeknownst to me, a
gentleman entered
the store while I was talking to the shipper. He said, I'll pay
for that.
I was so humbled, that I couldn't' speak. He wouldn't give me
his name, just
his company. I copied his name off of the shipping label
afterwards and will
send a thank you to him and his company.
I felt overwhelmed all day, and I believe the Shehinah was a bit
closer to
earth that day, and spilled over to all my thoughts and deeds
that day. I
spoke to all my children that day and told them what was in my
heart.
We are thinking of you, and send our love to you and the
mishpacha.
B'ahava
Ruby & CO.
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