Strangers

In Hebrew: זרים Phonetically: zah-reem I squinted at the check-out screen for a long moment, trying hard to make out the long strings of Hebrew text. It was a Tuesday afternoon, and I was in IKEA, picking up a few items on my own while I had some free time, and the only option I […]

Fluent

In Hebrew (fem.): שוטפת Phonetically: Sho-tef-eht “I’m hanging your pants up over here!” I called to Ido as he waded out into the turquoise waves. My husband. My husband. It was the third day I could officially call him that. After a year of bureaucratic bullshit and Covid restrictions, we had finally managed to travel […]