Westbankmama has a post up with several bloggers’ aliyah stories (including mine) in honor of her family’s twentieth aliyah anniversary. Read the different stories about where these women came from, how they ended up here, and the greatest common denominator: how we’re all home. Mazal tov, Westbankmama.
And when you’re done with that, check out the latest video from Nefesh B’Nefesh. It doesn’t bring tears to my eyes like the photos of the three jets that landed August 16th 2006, but it is sweet. Watch, and smile.
Shimshonit 
One great thing about living in Eretz HaKodesh is that we don’t have to explain, rationalize why we aren’t here.