through preschool performances in which no child appeared to know the same song.
Reading the same book five times.
Learning that children ask important questions while you are least prepared.
One evening Luke asked me, “Where were you when I was a baby?”
Cassandra and I had discussed this possibility with our counselor.
We had agreed on honesty without burden.
So I sat beside him on the bedroom floor.
“I didn’t know where you were.”
“Why?”
“Your mama tried to tell me, but her messages didn’t reach me.”
He thought
