Reflections on Families Belong Together Rally
Families Belong Together - Rally - Greenfield, MA
Some reflections now that the air has cooled and I have had time to ruminate.
These are the things I saw that touched me:
Children laying in the grass coloring signs that read, "Families belong together."Elderly women standing in front of me with signs that read, "No Baby Jails!"A woman on the street that commented on my tree of life pendant, showed her Jerusalem cross, then with tears in her eyes and voice cracking said, "Next year in Tel Aviv!" Families of all types standing together.There were songs sung, most of them written by the singers. I had wished the PA system was better because I couldn't hear most of what was sung. I know that one of the songs was about the Statue of Liberty. There was a refrain about holding her torch high, but I couldn't really get much more than that. One of the most passionate speeches was from by a woman who told of how her family lived through the Holocaust and how…
Some reflections now that the air has cooled and I have had time to ruminate.
These are the things I saw that touched me:
Children laying in the grass coloring signs that read, "Families belong together."Elderly women standing in front of me with signs that read, "No Baby Jails!"A woman on the street that commented on my tree of life pendant, showed her Jerusalem cross, then with tears in her eyes and voice cracking said, "Next year in Tel Aviv!" Families of all types standing together.There were songs sung, most of them written by the singers. I had wished the PA system was better because I couldn't hear most of what was sung. I know that one of the songs was about the Statue of Liberty. There was a refrain about holding her torch high, but I couldn't really get much more than that. One of the most passionate speeches was from by a woman who told of how her family lived through the Holocaust and how…
