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H/t John Bordershttps://www.facebook.com/share/p/18oZ8JLGi6/
09/05/2026

H/t John Borders

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18oZ8JLGi6/

You Have Not Lost Me ...

"I lay on your bed last night...

I came to have a peep."

"I saw that you'd been crying...

and found it hard to sleep."

"I purred to you so softly...

as you brushed away a tear."

"It's me! I haven't left you...

I'm well! I'm fine! I'm here!"

"I was close to you at breakfast...

I watched you pour your tea."

"I saw you thinking of the times...

you reached down touching me."

"I was with you at my grave today...

as you tended it with such care."

"I wanted to reassure you friend...

I'm no longer lying there!"

"I walked with you towards the house...

And sat with you under the tree.

"I gently put my paw on you...

I smiled and said, 'it's me'!"

"You looked so very tired...

As you sank down in your chair."

"I tried so hard to let you know...

that I was still sitting there."

"It's just so wonderful for me...

to be so close to you."

"To tell you that I'm Here...

"Please don't be so blue!"

"You sat so quietly; then smiled...

I think you finally knew!"

"That in the stillness of this evening...

I was so very close to you."

"And when the time is right...

to cross this brief divide."

"I'll rush across to meet you...

we'll stand there side by side."

"I have many things to show you...

There's so much for you to see!"

"Be patient and live your journey...

then come home to be with me."

26/12/2025

Did you know that Paddington Bear, the marmalade-loving star of the books and films was inspired by Jewish children escaping the Holocaust on the Kindertransport?

Paddington’s creator, Michael Bond (1926–2017), never forgot the sight of refugee children arriving at London’s Reading Station during WWII, each with a tiny suitcase and a label around their neck so they wouldn’t be lost.

So in the very first book, there he is: a small, hopeful traveler sitting alone in Paddington Station with a suitcase and a handwritten tag…

“Please take care of this bear. Thank you.”

In other words: Please take care of this child.

Paddington is welcomed into the Brown family, a reminder of the kindness that saved so many young lives. And his dearest friend? Mr. Samuel Gruber, an elderly Jewish man from Hungary who himself escaped the N***s.

And one more sweet twist: When “Paddington 2” debuted in Israel in 2018, one of the beloved voices belonged to Nechama Rivlin, the late wife of Israeli President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin. She adored Paddington — the little bear with the enormous heart.

May we always remember where hope comes from and keep passing it on.

Photo: Geoff Pugh
Source: American Society for Yad Vashem

22/09/2025

I have loved this passage from Albert Camus since the day I first read it!

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