In times like these

Tonight we sat around the table with our homemade menorah and lit another candle. 

We talked and laughed and ate supper while Patrick explained the history of the Maccabees. Sam and Kachi egged him on, feigning exaggerated interest in Alexander the Great's four sons, and Pascal told everyone that fifteen Jewish people were murdered on Bondi Beach. 

We've never observed Hanukkah before and we're definitely doing it wrong and in our own very Herdman-y way, but pausing together and lighting candles in the dark feels important and valuable in times like these.

Happy Hanukkah, friends.

Xo