More Family Stories
- My daughter's first attempt at doing her own hair for picture day resulted in a genuinely creative style that her teacher complimented. It bore no resemblance to anything I would have chosen myself.
- My son's homemade birthday card for his teacher included a hand-drawn portrait that was, generously, more abstract than realistic. But she displayed it on her desk for the rest of the year regardless.
- The kids decided to start their own neighborhood newspaper one summer, delivering handwritten copies door to door for a small fee. Most of the content was about local dogs, but the neighbors paid up anyway.
- A weekend trip to the farmers market turned into an unplanned two-hour outing once the kids discovered a stand selling fresh donuts. This somehow became the only thing anyone remembered about the trip afterward.
- My daughter's first attempt at using chopsticks at a family dinner ended with more food on the table than in her mouth, but she refused any help and eventually, stubbornly, got the hang of it.
- My son's first solo trip to the corner store to buy milk turned into a twenty-minute ordeal once he got distracted by the candy aisle. Though he did, eventually, remember the actual assignment.