Already end of November

November passed like a dream. Not too much energy to put into the blog. Simone Melo was not feeling well either, she then left on a trip for Turkey. She has delayed her trip to France and Morocco to beginning of 2008.

We got a few comments from Marie-Francoise Foenquinos who lives in Marseille and is Leon Foenquinos grand daughter. She is also researching the genealogy of her family. I am sure we will connect one way or another with Simone Melo visiting Marseille soon and thru emails and blogs. She left comments under the posts "Family from Caracas" and "I broke my leg". If you click on her name, on the comment title, that will take you to her blog and you can leave a message for her.

We also got a comment from Raquel Bitchatchi Attias, who is also researching her family Attias genealoy. Her email is raquelbx25@hotmail.com. She has pictures of her family. Click on the Fortunato post (in September), her comment is there in spanish and if you click on her name on the comment title, it shows her family pictures under Generaciones.

November is Thanksgiving month in the US, so let's be thankful to have found some of our common ancestry and hopeful for more exciting news to come our way.

Happy Hanukkah too!

I broke my leg

How many strange things happened the last few weeks! First my daughter's birthday, the next day, the worst fires in California's history. We hardly slept and listened non stop to the news, just in case we had to evacuate. We went to a friend's house by the sea for 2 days. At the same time, work continued, fire or not. The smoke was so intense, it was hard to even walk a few steps without feeling out of breath. So we thought a few days in L.A., will be a nice break. And it started that way, the fires of San Diego seemed far away! But Sunday the 28th, I went to take the dog out and missed one step, landed on the grass, slipped and strained my left leg. I felt I would fall backward on my back, so I tried to catch myself with my right leg, and it cracked twice and I knew I broke it. Impossible to move, intense pain and a feeling my leg turned to cement, impossible to put the foot down. Emergency care at the Century City Hospital. Same day surgery! Four nights at the hospital, back to San Diego, a friend drove us back. No walking for me or driving for at least 10 more weeks. My company installed everything for me to work at home and it's good to be busy instead of thinking of my situation. I wish that to no one. Two broken bones, 10 screws, a brooch in the leg. I will ring forever at the airport. Thank G for the friends, my company and family who called me, wrote to me and are helping me. Please send in your stories, your pictures. I am working from home now and I have more time to build the blog.