My husband got a brachah from the rav that if we bought a stroller, the baby would follow. But everything from shopping for the stroller to storing it brought me pain,
F irst comes the baby and then the stroller isn’t that so?
Avi was having a hard time understanding why we couldn’t make an exception to the rule. But I wanted none of it.
“You’re asking too much of me. I can’t do it. If you feel it’s the right thing please just purchase it on your own and don’t involve me. It’s too… odd. I can’t bring myself to buy a… stroller.” I stopped mid-tantrum glancing at the man I’d married wishing he’d let go of the ludicrous notion he’d come home with.
Sholom my husband’s chavrusa had taken Avi to yet another rav for a brachah and this time he’d been determined to get a promise a vow that by year’s end we’d be on the other side of the fence.
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