I learned a new life lesson during the stress of the evening.

It’s called Embracing the Baby.

Tonight we couldn’t print checks for our guests. We couldn’t print credit card signature forms.

A server, we’ll call Bob, because that’s his name was struggling with the stress.

However, he had a family at table 12 with a restless baby who needed to go. He couldn’t print their check. He couldn’t get a signed credit card slip.

Finally he walked up to the table, showed them a paper with the total and said, Can you sign this, add a tip if you like and you can go.

And they did.

And he explained, that once he embraced the baby, his whole night changed. More serene. Just get through the chaos. The worst was behind him.

Let’s all embrace the baby.