I do have kids, I’ll let them know not to be traumatised, thanks!
Jokes aside, it’s not been easy. Thankfully in our area we have not had sirens for a few weeks now, and people are venturing out again, although I still do rocket mathematics. (I don’t have a car, so if I am walking with my kids, I’m scanning the area and thinking how far are we from the nearest building to run to if there is a siren, can we make it in 90 seconds, if there is no building is there a wall we can lie next to etc).
It’s certainly not life as normal, we can still hear booms from nearby areas, and there are a lot of refugees staying in our area, including in my apartment block. I think something like 500,000 people have been displaced. My 4 year old daughter gets jumpy at certain sounds (motorbikes sound like sirens) and they have had nightmares, even though we’ve shielded them where we can from the news.
It’s been very very heavy, there’s a lot of grief, a lot of worry, they’re still identifying bodies from October 7th even now. My brother lost a friend in Be’eri. There’s constant anxiety about the hostages, and there have been random terror attacks as well inside Israel since October 7th.
On the other hand, the country has pulled together to support each other and there has been a huge outpouring of giving across the full spectrum of Israelis that is incredibly healing.
@etmoiandme I do end up thinking twice, three times and more before posting and deleting a lot of posts. I’m exhausted and not as resilient as normal.
@Towerofsong i hope your dd and dg are ok🫂