Twelve Months of Pain

It is twelve months since Corporal Gilad Shalit was kidnapped. Twelve long and painful months.
Gilad may be out of sight, but to us, he is not in any way forgotten.

I watch the journalists at the BBC hold protests for their kidnapped colleague, yet not one of them has held up a placard for Gilad. So here, on this lonely corner of cyberspace, today, this is my placard.

Gilad, you are one of us and we will never abandon you. Please G-d, I won't have to re-write this entry in twelve months time.

You are a son to each and every one of us.