A little update

Hi Readers,

This past Monday, March 17, my Great Grandma Goldie passed away. It's hard to believe that when I started my Bat Mitzvah project, both my Grandma and Great Grandma were alive.My family and I are going to miss them both. 

Well, now I want to tell you about the recent activity I've had with Shira.

I have recently sent Shira her own new laptop. She is super excited and is still creating an email. Shira sent me many letters, including two articles Shira's mother was interviewed for. It was very hard to read the articles because it was very heartbreaking. While reading the article, I learned the bus bomber pulled the door open and exploded the bomb right infront of Shira and her mother. While on the way to the hospital Shira nearly died and was given CPR. 

I'm very happy to announce I'm over my goal of $3,600. I'm at $3,938!!!!!! If you'd still like to donate, do it soon because I'm leaving for my trip very shortly: http://www.gofundme.com/50jj0s

Thank you to all of you who donated to my Chai-Raiser. 

Blogging soon,

Samantha

Letters From Shira

Dear Readers,

I'm so happy to have recently received 3 letters from Shira in the past few days. It is nice getting to know her more and more every time I receive a letter. 

I've learned she likes to read books and literature and studying Torah are her favorite things to do in school.  Shira has two brothers and two sisters and she is the fourth child. She loves to play the violin and Shira's favorite color is green. 

One afternoon, I came home from school and there was a special delivery from Israel. It was from Shira! she sent me two gifts. Lotions that smelled amazing, and Israeli candy. I tried one of the candies and it was delicious. With the package there was a letter. In the letter Shira had included  pictures of her in the dress her mother made  for her Bat Mitzvah. It was beautiful. Shira also sent a picture of herself with her brother. 

As a present for Shira, my mom and I bought her a camera. But, I wanted to give her something more personal and symbolic of becoming a Bat Mitzvah.  Alex and Ani jewelry is so popular that I decided to see if they had anything related to Judaism.  I wanted to see if there was anything that  Shira and I could both have,  like a  friendship bracelet. While I scrolled through all of the bracelets, there it was, the bracelet I was looking for. It was a gold Star of David, it was so pretty! I told my mom about the idea of buying Shira and I these bracelets for our Bat Mitzvah. I think Shira will LOVE the bracelet as much as I do.

I have  almost reached my fundraising goal of $3,600 dollars.  If you haven't donated to my fundraiser but would like to, here is the link http://www.gofundme.com/50jj0s

Samantha K.

One of the pictures Shira sent to me int her package.

The bracelet I got for Shira and I to wear at our Bat Mitzvah