Page 95 - news flash 1256
P. 95

3                                      4







 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!





                                        95
   90   91   92   93   94   95   96   97   98   99   100