"Mom, you know if Steven wasn't sick, you never would have found yourself."
As I navigated the many one way streets that make the grid of our city and tried to land within walking distance of our final destination, because close approximations are my specialty, I had to stop and wonder at the profound thoughts that sometimes escape my daughter's mouth.
If Steven wasn't sick, I would never have found myself.
"What do you mean Mary?"
"Well, before you were always scared to drive in the city."
I turned right at the next light and parked six city blocks from the library, close enough for me.
Close enough, my smart, beautiful girl, close enough.
As I navigated the many one way streets that make the grid of our city and tried to land within walking distance of our final destination, because close approximations are my specialty, I had to stop and wonder at the profound thoughts that sometimes escape my daughter's mouth.
If Steven wasn't sick, I would never have found myself.
"What do you mean Mary?"
"Well, before you were always scared to drive in the city."
I turned right at the next light and parked six city blocks from the library, close enough for me.
Close enough, my smart, beautiful girl, close enough.
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