A Special Weekend
Written by Joei on November 11, 2009 – 2:52 pm -November 6, 7 and 8 was a special weekend and I’m sad to say it’s over now…..but it was fantastic. The special occasion was the Bat Mitzvah of my great niece, Dena. All my siblings were here. My brothers Nathan (grandfather of Dena) and Harry arrived from Montreal. Mona arrived the same day from San Diego. Since I didn’t want to be going back and forth from Surrey I had a room in the same hotel as Mona and Harry, The Comfort Inn on Nelson in downtown Vancouver.
Friday night I joined the out-of-towners for dinner at my nephew’s house. Great meeting up with everyone including the grandparents on the mother’s side (also from Montreal). A lively game of family charades preceded dinner.
Saturday morning was the Bat Mitzvah and Dena did a spectacular job. The rabbi was wonderful and interjected many personal family tidbits. Harry, Mona and myself were invited up to close the doors on the torah - a definite honor since I’ve never been invited up on stage. Thank you Rob and Laura for including us.
Saturday night was the party at the Jericho Sailing Club. The dinner was wonderful. A video of the Life of Dena (and Daniel) was so cute and I’m delighted that my computer nerd nephew Robert (father of Dena) got to use all of his computer equipment. My favorite part of the evening was the Drum Circle. Took about 5 minutes but I got right into it and enjoyed drumming along with everyone else. When the palms of my hands got sore I switched to a little rattle and when I was ready to dance I found a hollowed gourd wrapped with beads that looked and felt like a head and shook that while dancing. A great time was had by all - especially me.
Sunday morning was a family brunch at Stephen’s (my other nephew’s) house. WONDERFUL and all in caps.
The only way the weekend would have been better is if it had stopped raining even for just a few hours…..but this is Vancouver so what do you expect?
Some members of my family are home now and the rest are leaving in the next day or two. A great time was had by all. Joei
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