Free to Be You and Me

Bonus Post!

I LOVE "Free to Be You and Me". My parents did not "raise me" on it, but I did "grow up" on it!

I do not remember who first showed me the book but, by high school, it was one of my "Bibles." I knew almost all the stories and lyrics by heart.

In college, a good friend gave me her well worn copy of the book. I treasure it to this day.

I made my husband read the book before we got married!! (He did not love it like I did, but I married him anyway.)

Of course, I read the stories and sang the songs to my kids. I still do, when they let me.

Check out this great site with all the words to Free to Be You and Me. (warning: you might start singing out loud....)

I wonder, how many of you love it like I do? (please leave a comment if you do!)



Please daven (or send happy, healing thoughts) for RivkA bat Teirtzel.

With love and optimism,
RivkA

The Perfect Risk Game

When I made Aliyah, I came with a trunk (the same one I took to camp 10 years earlier) and a knapsack.

(It's kind of mindboggling to think about what I've accumulated since then....)

Anyway, I brought only a few essential books (The Tao of Pooh, Free to Be You and Me, The New Our Bodies Ourselves [which a friend gave to me at my Aliyah party], Kodokan Judo, A siddur [prayer book] and a Chumash [Bible]).

I also brought my favorite game: Risk.

Sometime during my first or second year in Israel, I played my last Risk game.

It was while I was living in the Katamonim, back when we were the ONLY Angos living in the Katamonim. (If you walked down Antigonus Street and asked where the "Americaim" lived, you would be directed to our place).

We were four players. Three women (two Barnard graduates) and one man.

During the first half of the game, we women united and pushed our male friend off the map.

Then, we each conquered two continents and declared world peace.

Interestingly, we are ALL still friends today.

Obvious Conclusion: If women ruled, there would be world peace.

We played the ultimate Risk game.

It just doesn't get better than that.


Please daven (or send happy, healing thoughts) for RivkA bat Teirtzel.

With love and optimism,
RivkA