Dear Fellow Human Beings, This morning, at her request, I took our 9-year-old daughter to a coffee shop. She brought with her a little crocheting activity; I brought the newspaper, a notebook & pen, and my phone. This was going to be an outing not unlike others we’d had before: while sitting at the same …
Daugther
When she was about seven years old, my little girl came into my room one morning before she left to walk to school. I’d been up late, writing, and was fast asleep. I half-awoke to her voice. “I’m going, Daddy,” she said, and kissed me lightly on the cheek. I stirred and turned, still nowhere …