2025 Catch Up!

Wow, I cannot believe it's been so long since I last posted any updates here! Well, actually, I can believe it. So much has happened in Gidon's life and in mine since 2023. Most of those goings-on Gidon and I made Instagram or TikToks about, so that's where we mostly chronicled our life together.

Gidon has not felt great lately, so we've been less active there. Hopefully, by now, you've had a chance to read our latest book, Let's Make Things Better. There is also our first book - which is sort of a prequel - The True Adventures of Gidon Lev. (If you are not buying from Amazon right now, we don't blame you; you can buy Let's Make Things Better anywhere you can buy books.

We published The True Adventures independently; it is an unusual book, combining Gidon's writing and my own as I put his recollections into historical context. It's a book about writing a book about Gidon, sort of like Julie and Julia. We just decided to write the book we wanted to write, and it was great fun. The book did very well, and Gidon became well-known on social media. That's how we got an agent and a publishing deal. But the publishers wanted us to write a new book, and that turned out to be different - but the same = but different. LMTB retells some of the same stories in The True Adventures but adds some details and, most importantly, a lot of reflections about how Gidon has remained an optimist throughout his life. The books complement each other, really. One of the two books is our favorite, but we shouldn't say which one here!

You might be wondering about Gidon's health. He's having a hard time, to be honest. We both came down with a particularly nasty flu bug and for Gidon's 90-year-old body, it's really been tough. But with Gidon's family, our tight-knit community, and our amazing physical therapist, we are doing our utmost to get Gidon feeling better again. He's gotten pretty frail and has lost some weight but is determined to improve. He doesn't have much of an appetite, which is problematic. We're starting some protein powder to help make what he eats more nutritious. We got Gidon a cane to help with his mobility and stability. Now he's walking around and looking very dignified.

One of the things that has struck me throughout this ordeal - he's been so sick for fully two weeks now - is what an emblem of hope Gidon is for people all over the world. On Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, we have received so many DMs and comments wishing Gidon well and expressing a strong emotional need for him to be OK. That is not even to mention the emails, texts, and phone calls from family and friends. It's been an absolute flood of love, concern, and, again, the need for Gidon to be OK. For so many of us, as long as Gidon is here, things might be OK in the end. But it's hard to imagine the world without him in it.

This has been very hard for me. Gidon is my most beloved, constant companion and best friend. I know that at a certain point in time, he will move on to his new adventures up in the stars, but I really don't like to think of being without him. It makes me tear up and get a big lump in my throat just thinking about it. But I try to remind myself of the incredible life lessons Gidon has taught me, the many memories we made together, and how that is so precious and will never leave me.

For now, I just want this guy to get better. I think he will get better because he really wants to; that's clear!

Gidon has so much more to say and to teach us all!