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I Am A Jewish Woman, By Carol J. Wechsler Blatter Hear me God as you heard my fore-mothers Sarah, Rebecca, Rachael.
Sarah who prayed & wept, God heard her pleas & cries. God said she would conceive and she had a healthy son, Isaac who had children.
Our generations (dor v dor) continued.
Rebecca prayed & wept, God heard her pleas & cries. God said she would conceive and she had twin healthy sons, Esau & Jacob who had children.
Our generations (dor v dor) continued.
Rachael prayed & wept, God heard her pleas & cries. God said she would conceive And she had two healthy sons, Joseph, later Benjamin who had children.
Our generations (dor v dor) continued.
Praying passionately I plead to God like my fore-mothers.
Sarah, Rebecca, & Rachael, grandmothers they later became.
Dear God Bless me as you did them, find me worthy to have a grandchild.
I implore the one God of Israel- LISTEN! (Sh ma), HEAR my prayer BLESS me with a grandchild sometime in my lifetime.
In my older age now I can play-playfully, unself-consciously laughing, singing dancing around together. Hugging, tugging at my waist my grandchild.
Let me know the joy of a grandchild's firsts, so many firsts- rolling over, sitting up, crawling, walking, babbling, ma-ma, da-da, pop-pop, sentences- short.
first school day, first reader, first printed words, first cursive first friend. first poem-
first kiss, first love, a life of newest firsts. A grandchild.
God, I speak to you in prayerful language pleading, pleasing, passionate words from my soul. Bless me with a grandchild, please.
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