Reggie A life of a Reluctant Pioneer

Reggie - A Life of a Reluctant Pioneer

My name is Reggie and I was born in Cairo in 1937. My family insisted that I should write my story, but my excuse was always that for that I would need plenty of time. Then in 2020, there was a Coronavirus Pandemic, which lasted until 2022 and gave me plenty of time to write. So here it is. And now that it is written I have to thank them all. First, the main man in my family, Jason, who had to patiently and lovingly share our only 7Reggie Pearlson computer, and helped me to remember all the shared incidents in our life. And then Rotem, our daughter who believed this book should be completed and made sure that it was, by coming to visit us from California, and sat with me for many, many hours editing and searching through piles of random photos until it all made sense. And thanks to all our children, Avishai, Nir, Oren, Rotem, Inbal, and Raviv, who having heard these stories over the years from me and Jason, endlessly encouraged me to write them, as they wanted to be able to read them to their children. And thanks to all our 13 grandchildren who have also heard many of the stories, and are still interested in hearing more. They will also be told to our great-grandchildren, Itai and Noa, and the many more to come! As Anias Nin wrote: “We write so that we may taste life twice. Once when we live it, and once when we remember it”. Reliving my life through writing it has made me realize what a great life I had. My idyllic childhood in Egypt, growing up with loving parents and my beautiful sister, marrying the most handsome and handy husband ever. Joining Habonim, moving to Israel to help build a kibbutz, and having six talented and wonderful children. What a life! Living it once, and remembering it every time I reread and edited the stories. Thanks to my children this book came to be written. Thanks kids! I love you all to bits!