But if he doesn’t understand it, that doesn’t make your rocket less interesting.’

Savannah mostly wanted assurance that a new person wouldn’t change the bedtime song we sang.

I promised her it wouldn’t.

I gradually understood that one dramatic revelation could become four entirely separate childhood experiences.

We could not treat the children as a single group simply because they shared a birthday.

Our counselor helped them find language for disappointment, excitement, uncertainty, and curiosity.

None of those feelings was wrong.