Caleb: “Let’s read that book. It’ll be cool.”
Me: “‘Cool?’ Where did you learn that word? Did you learn that from Nana?” (Note to reader: Nana is Caleb’s grandmother on his mother’s side.)
Caleb: “I don’t know.”
Me: “Are you covering for your Nana?”
Caleb (sheepishly): “Yeah.”
This is How You Heal the Wound
The Subdivision
On the Virtues of Peeing Outside
Imagination destruction
The Things We Build
Our Love Affair With Fairs
Curse of the Greedy Copyright Holders
Boy, the Scout Handbook Keeps Changing
Ya Gotta Have (Real) Friends
G.K., Santa, and Me
How Can I Teach My Kids to Work?
Intelligence Designer
Elective
The Glass Child
Name
The Grace I Know
Coming Apart
Uninterested
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