JERUSALEM IN THE RAIN

          Into each life some rain must fall and we had some yesterday as we tramped through the streets of Jerusalem and who cared! We ran and laughed and finally gave in and hailed a cab and then enjoyed one of the benefits of Israel. For the sake of haggling a bit on the fare and then getting in, one then receives a friendly grilling as to where one came from, how long they are here, when are they coming home for good, and loads of personal advice like when children and grandchildren should get married, what is better - children or grandchildren and on it goes. It makes the ride a tad easier to tolerate, getting one's eyes and mind off the fact that we are going full speed ahead even as the car in front is stopped! It is definitely a perk of the ride.
     But then again, it just points out that the world does not truly understand the thinking of the people here. In a shoe store, where we have shopped for fifty years! we entered into a joking conversation with two young men as to the popular shoes they were considering purchasing. At the counter, paying, we discovered that these young men knew a nephew of mine from Dallas. Who'd a thunk that in the middle of a small store in the heart of Jerusalem, we would run into a connection and the grandson of the owner said it - All of the people, the entire nation, is like one small family. We know each other, even if we do not!. Now figure that one out! but seriously, though we argue and shout and call names and literally call down the wrath of the Lord upon others, but we do it as a family and when push comes to shove - we are there for each other.
     As an aside, to the person I know is reading this posting - got two for one neighbor and could not decide on which one for you, so took two! You will both love them. Shopping long distance.
     If only the world would realize that basically, we are all family, the family of man, here on this earth and the sooner we recognize that the better. Last night I caught up on an episode of Madame Secretary that I had missed, the one where she went to check on the children thrown into cages - just writing that sends chills down my spine. I wonder if people watching realized that this was not TV, but a real representation of a true situation, We were locking up children, in cold cages, neglecting them, separating them from parents and the worst thing is that there were people who supported this, who denied this, who implemented this. Damn!!!!!!!Never say it could not happen here for it already has.Every single one of those guards should have walked off the job, shamed to do such things and hey! I want Tea Leoni to run for President or at least the writers of the show as they mesh with me just perfectly!
     These poor kids did not have rain in their lives, but had hail and sleet and all sorts of nasty weather phenomena, but the worst one was the fact that we allowed this to happen. Not the way to go, was it?
     Well, now we have a choice. A plethora of choices and I, for one, was happy that Globuchar announced her run. I have been waiting for this, impressed by her during the hearings on the pervert, Kavanaugh. We have some good choices here, some better than others, none perfect, but that is life and the rain that falls. What is definite though, is that this man has got to go! We all must take a hard look at the truth, at even the mere thought that a President of the United States could even be contemplating treason and commerce with the enemy ….. !
     The Brady bunch song had the words that  "when it's time to change, it's time to rearrange...." and that time has come for us to do that. We need to prioritize, to rank, to understand the needs of the now and the future, to understand the existential importance of some of these issues, and put aside some of the nonsense and work together as Americans, not Republicans, Trumpers, or Democrats - as Americans. We need to become a family of Americans once more, and maybe spend a few days in the rain in Jerusalem.