בס''ד
Life is made up of
experiences. Some we enjoy very much and other experiences, well we can just
live without. Yesterday, I experienced pure pleasure.
Some background:
Around a year ago, a few English
speaking women who are early risers, would log on to Facebook, inviting their
friends to join them for a virtual cup of coffee and a chat.
One of the women took the
morning chat one step further and created a Facebook secret women’s group
called Coffee Talk and posted an invitation to join.
And so new relationships and
friendships were formed and our membership grew to thirty three English
speaking women who, the majority are olim. We discovered
that our group has olim who are new...two years and veteran olim.... thirty,
forty and more years.
During this past summer I was
postings with another Coffee Talk member and suggested we have a get together. We invited the other members in our group to post their opinion on the idea. Everyone liked the idea and we started a
discussion on when and where.
The date chosen was Oct. 10th
at 10:00a.m. at Café Café in Center One.
Yesterday, I had the privilege
to meet ten fascinating women. We did a round table introduction and spoke about ourselves,
our families, our aliyah and dreams for the future.
We learned about serious
health issues and how these amazing women overcame their “handicaps.” One woman read a beautiful and meaningful poem that she lives by.
Another wanted to celebrate
with her friends a Seuda Hodoyah. Her sheer determination to recover from a
very serious illness, that the doctors had said would kill her, but instead, her recovery made
medical history. This exceptional woman
read a moving and emotional piece that she wrote about her illness and feelings.
We wanted our gathering to be
special, not just women getting together to meet and chat. We decided to end our get together saying
Tehillim for people, who for different reasons required prayers.
The Tehillim was divided up. I am sure that
Hashem, seeing eleven women each saying their section of the Tehillim together with devotion,
moved the Heaven. May Hashem grant His
Brachot to each person.
And may Hashem also shower
the amazing women I met today with Brachot.
Miriam
Post Script: One of the ladies of Coffee Talk manages a fund for needy Brides in Netivot. Please have a look at her link... http://www.gofundme.com/1cfr8o
Post Script: One of the ladies of Coffee Talk manages a fund for needy Brides in Netivot. Please have a look at her link... http://www.gofundme.com/1cfr8o
