Rona Lee Shimon published a touching post on the social network Instagram on Wednesday, in which she wrote from the depths of her soul how the days of war are going for her alongside the fact that her brother Almog fought in the Gaza Strip.
In tears: Rona Lee Shimon addressed surfers / Instagram (archive)
Courageously, she shared her disturbing thoughts about the worst that give her no rest, the beliefs that accompany her in her complex routine, and the prayer she carries in her heart. To the moving words, Shimon added ten pictures. Some of them commemorated an encounter she had with her brother on the conference grounds, and some documented Almog fighting on enemy soil.
"War words. I've never been so confused," Rona Lee shared. "I've never been destroyed like this. All of us as a people, as separate people and together. How many costs there are for this war, how many angles, how many disappointments, how much fear. God, the fear."
Static and Rona Lee at Rambam in Haifa, Photo: Report
Later she spoke about the beliefs that accompany her in times of worry: "I tried to write. Days, weeks, and I couldn't. I allowed myself to write only to Almog, only to my brother. Only when he walked inside to that place. How afraid I was to write. I was afraid to be afraid. I was afraid of my brain that could produce such dark and evil and frightening thoughts. What happens if I write them? Will the fruit of my imagination become reality? Forbidden! Absolutely! Simply forbidden. It is forbidden to think, it is forbidden to speak, it is forbidden to write... Do not breathe. Not a sigh of relief. Just wait for the phone, just for the message. I was most saddened to see my mother afraid of knocking on the door. I have never seen anything so unfortunate in my lifetime. I got lost in fear, and so did my mother. As if hovering over my own body, I saw him lying tired, slaughtered with thoughts, waiting, helplessness and fear. Fear does very bad things inside the body, and this should have been allowed to happen.
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"I know we all dived together," she wrote in conclusion, addressing her brother with a few personal words: "Hide each in his own corner, avoid. See your wise good eyes, the way of the land. I am proud of you with every fiber of my soul. I'm just someone's sister thinking about other Jesus' sisters. About friendship, about motherhood, we're all in this together, too. Even in fear of fear. Hopefully, courageously, too. Holding on tight now, because that's how we are. Back. Back. All of them."
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