This is a year of new beginnings for me, even if some of those beginnings involve renewing old interests and activities. This year I will be holding on to some old strings and letting go of others. Almost a month ago I said goodbye to the Ofakim primary school which had been my second home, an additional family, for over thirty years. Ofakim was more than a workplace for me, it was a source of learning, growth, friendship and self-fulfilment. I chose to part from my students and my colleagues; I knew it was time to say ‘farewell’. I arrived at the Ofakim school, thirty years ago, when they called…