28.01.2012 04.Schwat. 5772 Bo
Feature:
Sayed Kashua accompanies his wife and baby to a pre-nursery play group for the first time, and wonders, why raise my children here, of all places?
That morning, after I took my kids to school, instead of going to the office I went back home, so I could accompany my wife and the baby to a pre-nursery play group for the first time. My wife had already been there and was favorably impressed. This was the first time she was taking the baby. "At first for a few hours," she said, adding, "You should come, too, so you'll at least see where it is."
I parked in front of the building and climbed up to our apartment. The baby was all ready, strapped into his car seat, and my heart melted at the sight of the smile that lit up his face. I would rather he stayed home at this age and be with his mother or with me, but I know there is no choice. Since the bed rest during the pregnancy and the long maternity leave, I have been running around between the kids' schools, enrichment groups, doctors and the supermarket, and working no more than five hours on a really good day….