There’s a certain kind of heartache that is so raw, it feels like you can’t even breathe. Every single Jewish mother I know is currently experiencing that kind of heart ache.
I can’t make sense of this horror. I can’t make sense out of a series of horrors that have been perpetrated on the world, but this one hits a particular nerve that feels too familiar.
Those pale-skinned red-headed babies who were dragged away from their home on October 7 could have been my babies.
That wild-eyed mother begging to be taken with her children could have been me.
That sweet family was a symbol of hope and resilience for people who needed it most, and that was stripped away in the most horrific way possible yesterday.
There are no words to make sense of it. There just aren’t.
My heart breaks for the Bibas Family, and all the babies of the world.
May their memory be a blessing
May Shiri eventually find peace wherever she may be
May we all find the strength and hope to persevere