Passover and My Cousin

[blackleatherbookshelf]

Had an interesting week.

 

Joel's father's "significant other" invited us to her daughter's Seder in Sinking Spring on Tuesday. It was a very nice time, and everyone participates. They even had me read from the texts (thankfully, English. My Hebrew isn't so good). There was plenty of food to share and songs to sing, and it helped me with understanding of what the Holiday's mean to The Jewish.

 

On Thursday, I took the day to drive to Tremont (near Pine Grove) to visit my cousin Tom. He is in a rehabilitation facility there as he recovers from his battle with MRSA. He is recovering with a sense of humor about it, and will likely be there for sometime. He did have an episode with Phantom Pains while I was there from his lost leg. His doctor literally told Tom his lungs were like "cottage cheese" and that he was dying, and Tom decided to give the last ditch effort of an induced coma and then respirator 5 days. Fortunately, Tom's managed to clear and heal in that time period.

 

What was a real plus about the visit is that Tom's half-sister Suzanne (whom I have not seen since I was 10) and her husband Leroy (never met) arrived while I was with Tom. The four of us had a great conversation and traded stories about what bad kids we were, etc. The drive was a four hour round trip, but it was well worth it. I will likely drive up again in a couple weeks, as I'm still unemployed.

 

There's a job fair in Philly Monday that I'll go to. It's been three months and I am getting very frustrated.

Here's a pic of Joel tuning up for Seder songs. Click HERE for more pics.

Comments

[bearhedded.livejournal.com]

WOW!!!! I'm sending dooWEEEoooooos to your cousin! I must have missed that initial posting.

There will be residual dooweeooo fallout for your job-fair!

[notdefined.livejournal.com]

That's pretty amazing. Best wishes for an acceptable recovery.

[albear-garni.livejournal.com]

Nice photos! We went to our annual Seder Tuesday, given by an old friend of mine from Boston days. Of course, neither me nor David are Jewish, but we always have a good time. We all take turns reading the text, as the book has a good translation, and the hebrew parts are latinized. It really makes me understand why the bond between african americans and Jews were and ought to remain very strong.

[andybr.livejournal.com]

Amazing that he recovered. Thats a great story Tim