{"id":1468,"date":"2011-10-08T12:22:06","date_gmt":"2011-10-08T16:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ezermizionusa.org\/blog\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2013-10-28T11:23:46","modified_gmt":"2013-10-28T15:23:46","slug":"1468","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/1468\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sweet Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thank you – written by boys (teens and young adults) with juvenile diabetes<\/a> following their summer 2011 retreat<\/a>.
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Thank you, Creator, for the people you send\"\"
\nWho do G-dly work, as a hand they extend<\/p>\n

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Most of their day is devoted to others,
\nTo their fellow Jews, whom they love as brothers.<\/p>\n

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Upon them we lean, sharing our woes
\nBut we know that from one man their kindness flows – <\/p>\n

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Now as we open the “Sweet Retreat,”
\nOur oft-mentioned feelings we must repeat:<\/p>\n

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We’re sweetest of all – and sweet we shall stay,
\nTrusting the One who made us that way.<\/p>\n

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We have no complaints and shed not a tear,
\nInjecting our insulin<\/a>, year after year.<\/p>\n

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Our secret we tell to nary a soul
\nBut the constant concealment does take its toll.<\/p>\n

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The heart begs to talk, yet we push it aside.
\nLife is sweet but hard, as we zealously hide.<\/p>\n

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We need to let go, for a while to be freed
\nEzer Mizion knows just what we need<\/p>\n

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Thanks to you, Rabbi Chollak, we’ve let off some steam,
\nTo Yeshiva we return refreshed and abeam<\/p>\n

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An outsider would never grasp what we feel
\nBut you’re the exception, you’re simply unreal!<\/p>\n

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No one but you could truly understand
\nAnd give us what we need, with a generous hand<\/p>\n

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Please accept our thanks, from across the board
\nMay H-shem grant you eternal reward<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Signed with deep admiration,
\nThe boys from the “Sweet Line” – 5771\"\"<\/p>\n

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