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It’s simply unbelievable! Mi “Bye tatty! Have a safe trip” I call out as my father’s
car arrives to take him to the airport. Rosh Hashanah
K’amchu Yisroel! My eyes and
is 2 days away, and my father is traveling to Israel for
heart swell with genuine pride
Yom Tov. And so is my brother. And so is my brother-
when i notice my Yiddishe in-law… which means, that my sister Gitty is moving
sisters change their location into our house for the next few days, with her 4 little
of crossbody from accross the kiddos. How exciting. I couldn’t have wished for a
better way to spend the first few days of the new
body, just how it was intended
year, with four babies crying on my head. Dovi and
to, to over one of the shoulders.
shimmy will surely be sleeping in my room, so there
goes my privacy.
We’re all aware of the neat
look, comfort and convinience Eventually, Gitty rolls into our house, on erev Rosh
Hashana. Obviously, all her stuff is dumped into my
provided by wearing it accross
room “just until…”. My room becomes a wreck, being
our body as we push strollers
the number one station, playroom, changing room
and carts, carry shoping bags for the 5 Schwartz’s. Our house is flying, and the zman
and little fingers or just stroll is approaching. The kitchen is full of kugel droppings.
with a friend. The bathroom looks like it does after a few rushed
showers and let alone my room, which looks like it
was hit by a level 9 earthquake…
Placing it on one shoulder
challenges us on a different I become tense. How am I going to manage to
level and feels like a great concentrate in shul tomorrow? Will I be able to wake
juggling act. The strap up on time or find my clothes in the morning, with this
mess going on?
loses its stability with minor
I tell myself,
movement and keeps on Miri, relax. This is by all means not the way
slipping. We come home after a to start a fresh year. I need many zechusim,
quick errand with a sore shoulder that too many to even count. I can do this. I will
do this! And I’ll do it with a smile. It will be
was struggling to keep the strap afloat.
uncomfortable and even difficult
to fake a great
Let Hashem watch us leave our comfort mood for a few
zone, and reap much nachas and send us days, but it’s
the biggest yeshuah of all. worth it…
Umein!

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