Amy's Photo Gallery
I've created an online photo gallery for photos of Amy. New photos will be added regularly, so you may want to bookmark the site!
Check it out here:
http://www.simer-family.com/
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June 21, 2006
June 12, 2006
Meeting an Iraqi Officer
"Many Arabs hate and fear the Jew, and so did I - but not any more, because now I have met and spoken with you." - Zakar (Last Name Withheld), Judge Advocate for the Iraqi Army Camp Ur Garrison
Visiting a house in Ur
According to the book of Bereisheet (Genesis), Avram (later Avraham) was born in Ur. The Arabs refer to Avraham/Ibrahim as "Father of the Prophets." Excavations of Ur turned up the foundations of this house, which is supposed to have been the house of Avram and his father, Terah. Naturally we don't know for sure that this was the house, but it could have been; with its many rooms and courtyards, this was clearly the home of an important, but not royal, family - such as Avram and Terah's. The house was partially reconstructed in the 1990s using the original foundations.
Here I am standing in front of some shelves in what may have been Avram's library or (more likely) a kind of living room with some shelves for idols - the idols he eventually smashed.
June 2, 2006
Welcome to the world, Amy!
Less than an hour after my last post, my water broke and I was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. Amy was born on May 31, 2006 at 7:15 PM. See photos of her here:
Sorry I can't write more - someone is hungry (or needs their diaper changed...and it's not me).