[Becky]

Esther


As some of you know, the festival of Purim (which is coming up soon) is all about the beautiful, strong and extremely intelligent Queen Esther. She stealthly concealed her (Jewish) religion and entered a "beauty contest" to become the King's next bride. By doing so, she was able to save her people from slaughter by revealing that she was a Jew (after her husband signed a decree that all the Jews be killed). In order to save them, her husband armed the Jews with weapons so they could defend themselves. In doing so, the Jews survived this attempted aniliation. (I am not Jewish so hopefully I am not massacring the story), however, this reminds me of you and ironically, your name is also Esther. Beautiful, strong, intelligent and well armed.

Love, Becky