Why I Keep Returning to Israel (Even in Wartime)
I have traveled to Israel five times since June 2024, spending approximately fifty days in the land. Each trip has marked me in a different way. I now know where to eat, how to navigate the Old City, and what it feels like to walk Jerusalem’s stone streets carrying both wonder and weight in my […]
The Pool is Still Providing Healing
In May 2025, a retinal artery occlusion stroke struck without warning, leaving me completely blind in my right eye. From mid-May until the end of the month, darkness covered my vision. On May 27, Dr. Jennifer Turcott at Jacobson Eye Care in Cumberland, Wisconsin, confirmed the diagnosis: my artery had blown apart. She offered only […]