Happy Hanukkah And...

....happy whatever you celebrate! I bought some really pretty Hanukkah candles this year, so now I'm spoiled forever :-)  Though I'm not a religious person, being Jewish is very important to me.  I'm so proud of my heritage - shouldn't we all be? -- and of my ancestors who came over for a better life.  My great-grandfathers on both sides came over when they were just in their teens, neither spoke English, both learned how to speak English by reading newspapers, and when they had earned enough money in the jobs they took to be able to send it to the rest of the family to come over, they did.  My immigrant background is no different of so many who came over and who come to America for a better life.  All of us came from somewhere.  If the only true natives to the U.S. are the indigenous peoples, then we are all immigrants.  So why the outcry from the most red of Republicans or misguided Democrats or anyone who isn't thinking straight to keep people out of our country who want to have a better life when all of them have the same background, if not Jewish, then Catholic, Christian, whatever, that I do?  When did we decide we're not the melting pot but the privileged pot?  "Come on, people now, smile on your brother, everybody get together, try to love one another right now."

I hope your day is full of love for your fellow man, even though sometimes, it's incredibly challenging.