Why we have children

As we reached the bottom of the driveway in Larchmont today at the close of Spring Break, I saw that Natalie was tearing up a little bit. "You're sad because we're leaving grandma and grandpa's house?" I said.

And here's what she said, as close to verbatim as possible: "Whenever we leave the house of relatives I have sorrow, but my spirit rises when I think that soon Daniel and Caroline (cousins) will visit us." That's one smooth talking little girl.