She wants something sweet so I grab the dried mango from the pantry. “You can have one piece, Lina. One piece.” “Only one piece?” “Yes. One.” Lina looks at the piece of dried mango in her hand. Then she looks at me, smiling. “But when I take this bite I have two pieces.”
So yeah, we went camping last weekend. Sun Lakes is about a four-hour drive from Seattle. A hot four-hour drive. By the time we got there, we were all ready to be out of the car for a while. We were not, however, ready to be out of the car and into the easy reach [...]
I was blessed to hear these words from my kid: “I love you, Mama. I love you a lot of times.” Ahh. Three years old. Bring it.