Jewish film festival

We couldn't go watch "Coco" after all. My older daughter came down with the flu. Now everyone's vaccinated and healthy, let's come back to what's important - Movies!

Allie and her mother invited me to watch 2 movies as part of the Jewish Movie Festival here in Vancouver.

The first one "Being Jewish in France" was a documentary about Jews in France from the first immigrants to today. Very hard to watch. I don't really know what to say about it. Unless I want to get into a tirade of politics, emotions and anger.

The second one "Hey Hey it's Esther Blueburger". Now, that one I really really enjoyed! The story of a little Jewish girl trying to fit in in a non-Jewish private school. She finally makes friends with a girl from a public school next door and changes school without telling her parents.

Curious, confident and smart. We see her growing up where that shift happens - From where one day she's a kid and and then she's not. She looks the same but slowly without anyone knowing she's changing inside.

It made me realize that it's only a matter of time until my oldest makes that shift and if I'm busy making her what I want her to be. I'm going to miss out on what she really is. One morning I'll wake up and I'll be wondering where my little girl went.

The part where she finds the duck she befriended dead and cold ready to be dissected in her biology class was so sad and I cried when her best friend's cool mother died. Nobody was there to hold her when she found out.

I loved when they were all eating from the same jar of what looked like Caramel Spread.

I was happy when I got home and my oldest was still up. We got into our PJ's and cuddled while reading Harry Potter and chatting. She was so happy to be with me and me with her. It's only a matter of time until I won't be able to do that. I'll miss it.