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Having two children is great.  It's twice the fun.  But sometimes it's also  difficult.  My wife had a rough time with the kids this week.  Everything is fine but our demanding 5-month old daughter sure makes us work hard at times.  She's such a adorable cute doll to be around.  She can't stop laughing when we hold her and talk to her but that's also kind of a problem since she likes to be near us all the time.   But just as my wife was going crazy yesterday, an angel spoke to her and made her see things from a different perspective.  I could barely believe her when she told me he story.

After picking up Daniel from day care Friday afternoon Annika suddenly got woken up from her nap.  That's no problem for a normal baby but our dear daughter sometimes gets fucking pissed off very irritated when she's awaken too early.   As the family was walking home, with Daniel on the Snowracer, Annika was screaming like only she can.  Wife was hungry, tired, and irritated.  Daniel wanted to stop at every park to do a few rides with his sled which was bad timing.  After a while Sandra had had enough and was about to kill the kids got very  annoyed.  That's when the angel appeared.

Suddenly, an old man appeared and started talking to Sandra.  It was a compete stranger who just showed up out of nowhere. He was a retired guy in his 70's. If you haven't lived in Sweden you don't know how rare this is.  It NEVER happens.  He saw that Sandra was struggling and started to tell her a short story about his life. He told her how great it was that she was spending  so much time with the kids.  Turns out he had done exactly the opposite and now his only child was "old" and lived in another country.  The old man said he had worked too much and not made his child a  priority.  And now it was too late.  He could never get those years back when his son was a little cute toddler bursting with energy.  It was too late to form his little child exactly like he wanted to.  He would never again hear his little baby laugh, change a diaper, or feel him burp over his shoulder.  He had not taken the time to be there for his son and now it was too late.  It was the biggest regret of his life.    My wife listened patiently and couldn't believe what she was hearing.  The odds of this happening at precisely this moment were unbelievably low.  Was this a sign from above?  As she was walking home with the now calm kids she thought about what  the old man had said and really appreciated the perspective on life and children he had given her

Me and my family live a great and privileged life.  We have a very wide perspective on things and  know that we are fortunate. It may not always sound like it but we're grateful for every day.   But this is sometimes forgotten in the daily "chaos" with work, hobbies, friends, and children.  That's why an event like this is so powerful.  It's once again a reminder that we shouldn't worry too much about the "small stuff" and instead enjoy life.

Categories: Annika, Daniel, Family, Kid stuff, Sandra
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