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Source: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-896015
My Children Teach Me about Israeli Resilience
(Jerusalem Post) Sari Nossbaum - In February, when the war with Iran started, my family and I were in the French Alps and our flight home was canceled. When we were offered a "rescue" flight five days later and seriously considered remaining abroad, I was met with resistance from my children. My oldest, who is 13, insisted, "We need to go home. We have to be there through the good and the bad." After Oct. 7, 2023, my husband and I quietly discussed whether we should leave the country temporarily until things settled down. Later, my oldest daughter asked me, "Mommy, how can we leave? There are people on the frontlines for us!" Then she added: "It's okay. We'll have something to tell our grandchildren." She was 11 years old. There is still a part of me that wishes I could shield them from all of it. But I'm starting to realize that the traits they are forming - strength, adaptability, and perspective - will serve them far better in the long run. My children are living with purpose. It is impossible not to notice the quiet resilience that so many children here are displaying. They are not seeking an easy way out. They are stepping into the reality around them with a strength that I deeply admire. There is a sense of responsibility that feels far beyond their years, an understanding that they are part of something bigger than themselves.