10 Jul Caught
We have a new video doorbell that allows us to see who approaches our house. For the first few days, I really liked watching who had come to the door while we were...
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03 Jul What We Control
We were waiting in line to check out books at the library, and my daughter was passing time by walking backward in a straight line, pretending she was on a balance beam....
26 Jun Imaginary Friends are People, Too
We were on a flight several years ago when my 4-year-old daughter turned to me and asked if I had met her friend Stewie. I told her I had not and wondered...
19 Jun Five Tiny Caterpillars
Five tiny caterpillars arrived in a plastic cup as part of a butterfly science kit. Each day, the caterpillars ate and ate and grew bigger and bigger. One day, four were hanging from...
12 Jun Being and Becoming
There is a new instructor working at the barre exercise studio I attend. In the middle of the class, she walked over to gently correct my form and then patted...
05 Jun Taking Perspective
On a Saturday afternoon, we visited a craft festival that was going on at a local park. One of the first tables we visited was an activity of stringing beads...