Avia

My name is Avia, I'm 15 years old and I've been living in Alon Shvut my entire life. I have 5 siblings ,two in-laws and 3 nieces. My oldest sister is about to give birth to her second child anytime now.We're extremely excited! Apart from my younger brother and me ,none of my siblings live at home, but we get together on shabbatot pretty often.

My parents made Aliyah from Teaneck, NJ about 25 years ago after my father was offered a job at Yeshivat HaGush. All my relatives stayed in the US. We used to fly over to visit them at least every summer ,but since my grandfather Z"L has past away,we don't travel nearly as often.Although my grandfather lived overseas,we all had a very spacial connection with him. I don't think he could have possibly be more of a major part of my life if he was living next door.

 When I'm sitting on the balcony outside, listening to music, reading my books, and watching the clouds I get a sort of carefree peaceful feeling. In my experience, sometimes the simple things are what make you happiest. I enjoy reading books a lot. By meeting a soul in a book or in a poem; I get to understand it,how it handles it's world, how it captures society and G-d. In this I see a great opportunity for studying different perspectives and observations on all aspects of life. I feel that it's very important to not be caught in your own mind-set and look at the whole world from a wider point of view.  