I am a great grandmother !!!

My maternal grandmother had 3 daughters, the oldest being my mother. My mother had three children, with me being the oldest. I knew that having at least one baby was more important to my family than having the most elaborate wedding in Melbourne or earning the Nobel Prize for Medicine, so they were delighted when I delivered two handsome and intelligent sons. 

Between the two boys, I have 5 handsome and intelligent grandchildren, very easy for me. No dirty nappies but I had the grandchildren one day a week and their parents looked after them during the rest of week. Plus grandma (me) was responsible for music events at school, walks though art galleries, and selection of history and travel journals. 

Great grandson, born Ap 2026

Now a surprise! We are great grandparents! The baby was born last week, of average weight (3.2 ks) and reddish eyebrows and eyelashes like his father, grandfather and great grandfather. He is so handsome! My husband will take him to cricket and football matches, as long as I take the little one to the beach house and teach him to swim.

We understand that every family has to lose their grand parents, aunts and uncles, parents, siblings and cousins, and that eventually there is no choice but to get on with life as best as possible. We go to the cemetery every year on each anniversary but surround ourselves with photos in between time. Below is a photo of our 52 year old son who closed his business after the October War broke out in 2023 and volunteered to pick fruit on kibbutz while the young men went into the army. We are very proud of him for volunteering, but we miss him still.

Son volunteering on a kibbutz

just before he passed away at 52