The children and I in the pedicab.
Week 7-/Malchut (KINGDOM)-Day 4/Netzach (ENDURANCE)
"Everyday we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize; a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child-our own two eyes. All is a miracle."
-Thich Nhat Hanh-
On Tuesday I had two charges to take care of. Religious school ended so Nathan and his older sister Talia came to me for a couple hours. What could we do that would be fun and educational. As a child I loved going to the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum and so we did. In the foyer is a giant stuffed elephant and we wandered around the mammals wing. Upon leaving I spied the pedicabs and inquired about one taking us to the metro stop. "$25, $20, $15" were the amounts the drivers said. I shook my head and we went to a bench to eat our snack. A short while later one of the drivers came up and said he would do it for $10. Off we went with the wind in our hair, pretending to be tourists, a glorious end to our museum adventure.
After nightfall on Tuesday:
BA-RUCH A-TAH ADO-NAI E-LO-HE-NU ME-LECH HA-OLAM
ASHER KID-E-SHA-NU BE-MITZ-VO-TAV VETZI-VA-NU AL SEFI-RAT HA-OMER.
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments, and commanded us concerning the counting of the Omer.
Today is forty-six days which is six weeks and four days of the Omer.
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