Oct 23rd, 2023

​On a more heart-warming note:
A shoulder to lean on. Well, maybe…
‘Stay away from demonstrations, rallies, and political events of any kind! Promise me!’
‘I promise, mum’ says Ariel.
Well, only a short few days later, he calls me to tell me how he was in Trafalgar Square, with his cousins, and there was an Israeli demonstration taking place.
‘I asked you to avoid those places!’
‘Don’t worry, there were lots of people, and everyone was just sitting quietly listening to people talking’. Needless to say, none of this made me feel any better…
‘But mum, we were walking up the road, and a limousine pulls over by us. The passenger opens the window and gives us a fully fledged Borat smile. I couldn’t understand what the heck Borat was doing in Trafalgar Square in the middle of an Israeli demonstration. Then a bunch of boys came running up the road calling:
‘Ali G indahouse!’. Shasha turns to his driver: ‘drive, drive…’ he said, and that was that. But not before I got a photo of him. The shine off the window obscured most of him, but you can see his shoulder. I have another one of his ear... '
So, there you are. While the crazy in the world continues, there are pockets of moments worthy of our attention, and it is great to know that despite it all, Ariel is having a great time with family, resting up, and experiencing new (pleasantly) unexpected things.

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