Last week A. decided she liked kale. A leafy kale forest is still growing in our half-tilled vegetable garden, next to the bean tee-pee twined with dead vines. A. ran up to the kale, ripped off a leaf, and started munching it raw. ”YUM! I love kale!” she shouted. My heart swelled with joy [...]
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Sugar Kitty
July 13th, 2009 3 Comments
It’s 6 pm on a Tuesday night and my daughter darts up to me like a hummingbird high on nectar. She’s hit the dessert table at the preschool potluck and scarfed down an enormous double-chocolate frosted cupcake. Eyes preternaturally bright, grinning ear to ear, she zooms past and screams in delight, “SUGAR KITTY!” This [...]