{"id":1183,"date":"2013-09-03T13:27:41","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T17:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ezermizionusa.org\/blog\/?p=1183"},"modified":"2013-09-11T15:47:30","modified_gmt":"2013-09-11T19:47:30","slug":"a-real-blah-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/a-real-blah-day\/","title":{"rendered":"A Real Blah Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shalom Dear Readers,<\/p>\n

You knows, some people call me a hero. But I\u2019m just a regular teen who has ups and downs like everyone else. Last week was a down. Way down.<\/p>\n

That absolutely terrific Ezer Mizion retreat was over. It was hot and muggy. And to make matters worse, my attendant was on vacation.\"pr A real blah day. I was just hanging around\u2026well ok, I was sulking\u2026I was bored, upset, hoping something nice would happen.<\/p>\n

My family felt bad for me. That\u2019s because they\u2019re real special people. They had every right to be angry at me. I wasn\u2019t very pleasant to be around.<\/p>\n

Then the bell rang. I wasn\u2019t expecting anyone so I didn\u2019t even go to answer it. I couldn\u2019t have been more surprised when my parents called out that it was a visitor for me. For me?! Standing at the doorway with a big grin was Mordechai, my counselor at the Ezer Mizion retreat. It\u2019s amazing how the Ezer Mi\"przion people can sense when they\u2019re needed. There he stood with a jumbo-sized package of pictures. \u201cInvite him in,\u201d my mother reminded me. I was so surprised that I was just sitting there speechless. Mordechai sat down at our dining room table and opened up the package. It was pictures of the retreat. Wow! Just what I needed. We relived all the exciting parts, laughed at the funny parts, sang the songs we had sung at the retreat, pretended to be Avrohom Fried and sang\"pr his specialties- I got a solo- and had a great time just being together. He\u2019s a terrific friend. Every single one of those Ezer Mizion counselors has become a close friend. There\u2019s just something about the atmosphere at Ezer Mizion that makes for real sensitivity and caring. \u00a0When he left, I realized that my bad mood had flown out the window.\u00a0 Looks like Ezer Mizion had done it again, this time even without a planned event.<\/p>\n

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Until next time,<\/p>\n

Menachem Weiss<\/p>\n

Menachem Weiss, a \u201cspecial\u201d teen, reports every week to Merkaz Ha\u2019inyanim <\/i>on <\/i>an angle of life that he alone can talk about.<\/b><\/p>\n

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