Ongoing day-dreaming and pre-nap thoughts on the too-many relocation events from the past two decades… every time another move transpires I get a bit closer to just saying,

“Fine, I get the message. it’s finally time for Aliyah (עֲלִיָּה).”

Like many aspects of my internal life and its intrinsic amalgam of disparate identity qualifiers, I’ve only very recently shared anything publicly about being a Jew. Mostly due to that side of my reality being forcefully kept a secret by strict Catholic bullshit (no point in using nicer terms).

Long story short, via genetic testing I was able to find the other half of my real family, connect with them, and concurrently find long-awaited answers to medical realities; endured in similarly unknown silence due to socioreligious disdain.

So then, maybe one day I’ll get on with aliyah. It would feel correct to complete this near-endless cycle by leaving Saṃsāra for Samaria.

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