{"id":15268,"date":"2023-10-29T08:19:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T13:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hopeforsderot.com\/?p=15268"},"modified":"2023-10-29T08:19:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T13:19:41","slug":"day-22-i-just-want-my-normal-life-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hopeforsderot.com\/day-22-i-just-want-my-normal-life-back\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Day 22\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I Just Want My Normal Life Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Residents from Sderot were given the opportunity to leave town for what the mayor\u2019s office called a \u201ctime to refresh\u201d.  The thing is, it has become anything other than a time of refreshing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over crowded hotels with scared people, not knowing what tomorrow will bring for them, where they will live when the city funded money is gone. The prospect of living in \u201ctent city\u201d without bomb shelters or any real privacy for them is terrifying; all they want to do is go back home, but are afraid to.<\/span><\/p>\n

With four or more people in a one room hotel room, the experience is beginning to take its toll. Husbands and wives are at each other\u2019s throats, kids are acting up in response to their parents\u2019 stress. One person told us their marriage is over. There is no end in sight to this nightmare; just one \u201cboom\u201d after another.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some hotels that were once serving top notch buffets have been reduced to hot dogs and french fries for dinner.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Life here in Sderot has also changed and I wonder if and when it will ever be \u201cnormal\u201d again. In one respect that answer is NO. Once the border was breached and terrorists massacred innocent men woman and children, that reality will be added to our already reality of Kassam rocks, and that\u2019s a big one.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, even though we are still walking our dog and going shopping, most of the other stores, shops and restaurants are closed. For items you can\u2019t get here, you have to travel to cities on either side of us and even there, many of the shops and stores are closed, although there were a few fast-food places open.<\/span><\/p>\n

The life of the city has changed and in some respects is gone. The police station is gone, homes destroyed, the concerts in the park have stopped. There are so many things that have changed. Going to the bakery for a cup of coffee and a hot croissant with my wife was a special time for us but<\/span><\/p>\n

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