It hurt so much. And I started laughing.

Today I looked at the burns on my hands and started laughing.

A burn blister on every finger.

It happened when we were running to the shelter in the middle of making dinner.

On the way down, my sister shouted at me, "The kebabs! I left them in the oven!"...

I ran back... I didn’t want the house to catch fire.

I knew I had about 30 seconds, and I pulled the tray out with my bare hands.

I didn’t feel a thing. The adrenaline made it possible.

Once we shut the door, I plunged my hand into a cup of cold water.

My sister put some ointment on me that we found there in the dark - we were sure it was some kind of first-aid cream.

But it turned out to be something the vet gave their dog - for the shaking and drooling she had every time we dragged her into the shelter.

We sat there, and it stank so badly.

The dog ointment smelled like rotten tuna, and the little shelter was so tiny and suffocating.

I still didn’t feel any pain.

I just kept trying to remember where I had put the tray with the kebabs...

A heavy barrage sounded outside. "Wow, that was really close," said Neta (she's 15).

We all went quiet.

At that moment, the dog jumped on me and started licking my whole tuna-stinking body. We just couldn’t stop laughing.

"Mom? you look like you're in shock," Ori said to me. "I think we need to take you to the beach. Yeah, the sea would be best right now."

Yesterday morning we sat two full hours in the shelter. Then they announced - it’s over. Today she was at school. A full day, with end-of-year rehearsals in full force.

The stores are open — now you can buy batteries, bras, and games.

On the way to the beach, I let them stray more than 10 meters from me. It felt strange.

The sea was wonderful. A perfect sunset.

I felt like getting up from Shiva’a — when on the first day you can’t believe the world is still turning.

But everyone got up with me.

None of us could believe how you can go from 0 to 100 like that.

I walked into the sea with so much love.

There are things greater than us, and that helps put everything into perspective.

For a moment, I let go and forgot.

I enjoyed the sun, the kids, the waves.

And then a searing pain ripped through my body — the saltwater meeting the burns on my hand.

It hurt so much. And I started laughing.