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Hope and Venom

Updated: Jun 27

Hope – התקווה


To hope לקוות


My Hebrew vocabulary words this week. And then my teacher asked me to make sentences, which were something like “I hope the war ends soon”; “I hope the hostages come home”; I hope our children are well. I didn’t know the word for safe. Perhaps I should add that to the necessary vocab words to learn.


So, this morning on my way to dance, I thought, “Let’s look for hope” – both as a way to reinforce my new vocab word, and also as a way to be positive, to look for good. You know, that silver linings thing. So I went looking down Rothschild. And I’ll be honest, it’s hard when you see yellow ribbons and posters.


And faces worn from the war.


And soldiers. Where are they going? Or coming from?


But, just as I was nearing Herzl and about to turn left, I saw a father and daughter holding hands. That already warmed my empty nest heart. She was maybe four and he was carrying her light blue sparkly backpack with a picture of a sequined unicorn on his back. She looked up at him every now and then with an adoring smile. That kind of smile that says, “I feel safe with you holding my hand, Papa.” And as I began to pass the adorable pair, I saw she had something in her hand. Barbie? A baby doll? No, this little four-year-old curly haired girl with a blue dress and white sandals had the Venom action figure in her right hand.


Marvel fans, more knowledgeable of the Marvel Universe have a much deeper knowledge than I do of this character, but suffice it to say, Venom is an anti-hero.


And at that moment, with so much that is heavy in the world, my face transformed into one big smile, my chest filled with breath, and I just thought, “you go girl; Feminism is alive and well!”


And I found my hope for the day.


But I don’t know how to say “Venom action hero” in Hebrew.

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