A new week

“Last week is behind us, a new week lies ahead”.
I attended a Bat Mitzvah this weekend. It was a lovely service and one that had to be relocated due to the Woolsey Fire’s path. There were mentions woven into the service about the fires and homes lost. Everyone attending could relate to the destruction and upheaval the fires and Borderline shooting had caused. The Rabbi closed the service with a prayer that felt like grace. He said, “Last week is behind us, a new week lies ahead” and as he said it, I could feel the ash and smoke lifting as the breeze of a new week lay like promise on the horizon of my mind.