Mad Props

Madeline got to spend the afternoon with baby friends Nolan and Natalie. They are twins that are...around 11 months old (?) They are crawling all OVER The place!! Sarah (the mommy) does an amazing job corraling them, and I just sit in amazement.

I remember hearing a story of a couple who came to a rabbi and said that life with their 4 children was simply too hard and their family was about to crumble. He told them "Get a dog." "A dog!" "yes a dog" the rabbi said. So the family got a dog. They came back the next week and the rabbi asked how things were. They told him things were terrible. He said "Get a pig" "We just got a dog and now you want us to get a pig!" "Yes" the rabbi said. The next week they were back - mismatched clothes and bags under their eyes. "Our house is being torn apart! We can't live like this!" The Rabbi said "get a horse" They had very little faith left in the Rabbi but they decided to give it one last chance. They came back the next week crying. "Rabbi," the man said - we have slept in 4 days - our children won't stop crying and I haven't been able to go to work all week. PLEASE tell us how to fix this once and for all!" The rabbi told them "get rid of the animals."

Brilliant. You don't know how easy your life is until someone shows you that their life is harder.

Mad props for you Sarah!!!