My Granddaughter Was Left Behind While They Went on Vacation So I Showed Up the Next Day

When I came back to the kitchen, she was circling a word in her puzzle. “Grandpa, is parallel two L’s or one?” “Two.” She circled it triumphantly. Then, after a moment, without looking at me: “Are you going to make me go back when they come home?”

Children ask questions casually when they are already braced for the answer. I pulled out the chair across continue reading …