Great news: our 2-year-old pooped in the toilet for the first time on Friday! Ironic bad news: our 7-year-old dog, Samson, contracted an ailment that causes incontinence on Friday.

Great. As if changing thousands of diapers for stank-bottomed babies for the past 7 years wasn’t enough fun, now we’re forced to diaper our dog for the next 10 days.

So, we put the first diaper on our dog. (side note: if needed, my wife could diaper a cat in ten seconds, in the dark, with one hand tied behind her back. Hopefully this is the last time that her crazy-good diapering skills ever come in handy.)

Anyhow, a few minutes later we discovered that our oldest daughter was in her room sobbing loudly. Why was she crying? “Everyone is going to make fun of him for wearing a diaper and he’s going to be so sad and embarrassed.”

The next morning we discovered this note on our refrigerator.

I wonder what the world would be like if adults were as empathetic as little kids…