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Future Plan

I’m trying to pack for the future, he said, but I think it’s too much stuff. So what are you going to do? I said. & he shrugged & said he was going to trust that everything would work out. & he added, I’m moving back in with my parents.

Calculated Risk

Are we your real children? they said & I said we had our pick of all the children in the world & we took a few home to try out & though we tried to return them later, it was more trouble than it was worth, so we kept them & loved them & taught … [Read More]

Born Again

If I get born again, my son said, do they give me different parents? & I said no & he shook his head & said they didn’t use their brains on that one, did they?