Papal Visit Purim Millennium Snow in Jer. When you're speeding by at 100 kph, you miss a lot of things. You see what's thrust in your face - the cyclamens and the poppies, but you might miss the small daisies if you're not going slowly enough to look down. But our lives have speeded up so much in the past decade or two that we don't seem to have the time to crouch anymore.
Some people manage to have conversations at the dinner table.
If you're one of those, consider yourself lucky. Our kids need our time, our attention, our presence - both physical and emotional. There is a debate going on right now about just how much of this presence they need. So many more mothers are working. Many fathers work even longer hours than they used to.