The girls thought it meant having a safe place to nap.

As they got older, I began explaining my prosthesis without embarrassment.

Katie tapped the carbon-fiber cover and asked why it didn’t look like Grandma’s leg.

I told her that part of mine had been injured and that this was a tool that helped me move.

She considered that, then asked whether it could be painted yellow.

Chloe wanted to know whether it was waterproof.