Children: Signs of the Times

Two episodes from this evening in our home are telling of the times we live in and I just had to tell them over.

1. One of my sons enjoys the American History and particularly the history of American Presidents. In quizzing him on President Nixon, I asked him "Why did they want to impeach President Nixon?" (which never came to pass). My son retorted "Steroids!"

2. My daughter went out the other night to join the residents of Sderot in their protest tent outside of the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem. The poor residents of Sderot have been bombarded with kassam rockets ever since Israel withdrew from Gaza. They have had enough and brought their protest to Jerusalem. Tonight she came to me and asked when we were getting our insurance money from a recent burglary we had. I said, "I do not know, why?" She asked how much her Jewelry that was stolen was worth. I said, "maybe a couple of hundred dollars." She said, "well I do not wear much Jewelry, so I would like to give the money to the Sderot defense fund." I was filled with nachas.