Tag: play
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Precarious Propensity
It’s long after the school day. Dinner dishes have been cleared away. Sun has set and I should be bringing the little one upstairs to bathe and get into bed. Instead, he’s running around, wild and overtired. The dog circles the kitchen island, certain it’s past her dinner time, but confused by not finding her…
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Panic
Looking around the table, time seems to pause. I see my mum, husband, teen and I, seated in front of our empty plates, as if watching from afar. My ten- and three-year-old are playing nearby, and I, for a split-second think, we’re having an actual conversation – where I’m getting to finish sentences and respond to…