Our beginnings to planning Aliyah.

For those of you who have found my blog and have chosen to share in our journey by reading each entry, I am happy to have you along for the ride.

I am a thirty year old Jewish woman and am married to the most wonderful Jewish man. :) (Whose blog is attached to mine which you will see on the right hand side of this page below followers and such.) We have 3 children, all sons, ages 13, 10, and 5 months old.
We have recently been researching and contemplating making Aliyah to Israel. After much debate we have decided that it's what is best for our family in the long run. Even though I'm sure that the actual trip to Israel itself will be chaotic. I myself already have a passport as does my oldest son. We will be applying for one for my husband and other two children. I've begun putting a list together of everything that we need to get in order for the beginnings of our plans. This is literally day 1 of our great journey so please bear with me.

My own feelings about making Aliyah were that of apprehension, uncertainty, and yet excitement. I feel that living in Israel among our own kind will help us to have more resources and accountability. I do have my concerns though of course. My oldest son is autistic with a diagnosis of PPD. Which fortunately now has become more like AS (Asperger's Syndrome) than anything else. As I have come to find out they have excellent resources and help for children with special needs such as mine. One uncertainty I still have though is how he will handle the transition from the type of customs and ways of life that he is used to and has known since he was a little baby. But we are hoping that with good communication along the way that he will not have such a hard time of it.
As for the my family as a whole, I want a better life than what living here in Georgia, USA, has to offer. Not to mention the frightening realization that the President which my husband and I voted into office has turned on us and we feel that we can no longer trust where this country will be even in 2-4 years time. As well as our financial survival. Whereas things are far more stable in Israel and much safer for us as they will never come after us for being Jews.

I myself, desire to live an easier and more stable and wholesome life around those who understand us instead of, for example, looking at me strangely in the grocery store for having my head covered. This is the beginning and first days of our journey to a new land and a new life. :)