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Rosemary beckons me with two little hands and says, "Come." I follow. She opens the cabinet and removes one board game at a time. We open a box, empty the pieces, and then put them back again. For Rosemary, this is the game–making a mess and cleaning

If Ford should die in a sudden accident, a scenario I refuse to imagine or consider, I would use his eulogy as an opportunity to blast the dental hygienist who suggested that I discourage thumb-sucking for fear that Ford's teeth may move out of alignment. I believe she

He said "Yikes!" when he saw the blood. I sat on his toy chest while he stood behind me to examine my cut. He placed his hands on my shoulders and said "That's pretty bad." (It was not.) I told him not to use

When I go to the grocery store with Lewis, we always make our way to the seafood section. "We're not here to buy anything, just to look" I explain to the confused butcher at the counter. Lewis can't get enough of the seafood section;