Someone To Write To

Hey there,

You don't know who I am, obviously. My name is Lee and I'm a high school student in Israel.

Your secret touched my heart and that's why I'm writing. Maybe it's also because I need someone to write to just as much as you want to be written to.

I moved to Israel from New Jersey about a year and a half ago after living there my whole life. It was a tough experience and it really taught me who my true friends there were. Anyway I don't really know if this compares, but when I just got here and didn't have any friends I lived for the letters and emails from back home. I don't know what I would have done without them. So I don't know...maybe I sort of get what you mean? Anyway it really made me want to write to you cause I know how much a letter can mean.

I really hope that you get the letter you're waiting for. You deserve it. I think you're very brave to go to boot camp. And maybe the person you want to write you is thinking of you, but it's too hard to write cause that will make them miss you even more. 

So I'll tell you a little about what's going on here in Israel? Yesterday was independence day over here and the evening before there were fireworks and parties and things like that way into the night. It was pretty fun and I hung out with my friends till really late. 

The day before independence day is memorial day. Memorial day is a much bigger deal here than it is in the USA. It's more serious. Everyone and I do mean everyone wears white shirts and it is just so beautiful. To think that a whole country, even if it is little) is wearing the same color is so powerful. You have to see it. People walk in the street, drive in cars, whatever and everything is white with no exception. And at 11 in the morning there is an alarm that sounds throughout all of Israel for a minute. And for a whole minute it feels like the world is standing still because you know that all around everyone is standing perfectly still and remembering. You know that on the highway anyone driving has stopped at the side of the road and gotten out of their car to stand and give respect to all the soldiers who have fallen. It truly is beautiful. I wish you could see it.

So I guess that's about it for now. I'll write again. =)

Love always

Lee