I Missed the Spring

The life of London born Kaila is transformed into a roller coaster ride when she is stricken with a mood disorder after her wedding to David, whom she met when working on an Israeli kibbutz after the Six-Days War. She awakens on her bridal bed proclaiming she has conceived the Child of Peace that she is a prophet and privy to the reality of Universal Peace. After months in a psychiatric hospital suffering from extreme mood swings, David takes his bride home to Israel, a broken vessel on mind-numbing medication to treat manic-depression. Attempted suicides, physical symptoms of depression and delusions of grandeur plague her early years as a new immigrant. She fantasizes that she is destined to become a world-famous writer and usher in the New Era. During therapy for depression, Kaila becomes aware of suppressed years of childhood spent apart from her parents in the care of hired help. A monster, seen as Amalek (arch enemy of Israel,) tortured and abused her, stamping her innocence..