{"id":5098,"date":"2019-09-11T12:15:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T16:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/?p=5098"},"modified":"2019-09-11T12:24:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T16:24:23","slug":"the-magic-of-fulfilling-a-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/the-magic-of-fulfilling-a-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"The Magic of Fulfilling a Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A holocaust survivor reconnects with her past<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Leah lived in a senior citizens\u2019 home. Morning, noon and night.\u00a0 She knew there was a world \u2018out there\u2019 but it had been so long. So long since she had gone anywhere but from her room to the dining room and back again. Her husband lay peacefully in his final resting place and she remained alive, just barely so, disconnected from the one with whom she had shared her whole life and disconnected from the world they had traveled together. How she longed to sense his presence once again. Perhaps with their two children. A \u2018family trip\u2019 like the many they shared so long ago. But a trip to the cemetery was as likely as a trip to the moon. Leah resigned herself to living out her remaining years in room #306, the \u2018cage\u2019 that was her home now. <\/p>\n

The Ezer Mizion \u2018One Wish\u2019 staff thought differently. A visit to her husband\u2019s grave would re-unite her to her past life, would enable her to bring alive her individuality and connect her to her sense of self. They would discuss the family memories with her both before and after the trip. She would feel herself to be a person once again.<\/p>\n

There remained the \u2018minor\u2019 problem of logistics. How to create a feasible, safe plan of travel for a wheelchair-bound senior holoocaust\u00a0 survivor. The Ezer Mizion Ambulance Fleet with its trained drivers was called into action. The myriad of details were ironed out and it wasn\u2019t long before Leah found herself pouring out her heart at the grave of her husband, accompanied by her son and daughter. The three enjoyed a long visit with their husband\/father and then were taken to a well-known caf\u00e9 in Petach Tikvah. His presence still among them, they made a foursome as Leah chatted with her children about times gone by.<\/p>\n

Leah\u2019s children were deeply grateful for the one-time chance for their mother to leave the nursing home and to experience together the family bonding that had once been so strong. They expressed their gratitude to the Ambulance Division and the drivers for their punctuality, their courtesy and respect and for the warm smiles that added so much to the magic of fulfilling a dream!<\/p>\n

Ezer Mizion provides services to over 660,000 of Israel\u2019s population annually in addition to its Bone Marrow Registry which saves the lives of Jewish cancer patients the world over.<\/p>\n

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