“Then I’ll explain what happened, and we will decide what to do.

The schedule is a plan, not a test you have to pass.”

She colored Thursday blue and Sunday green.

“Can we make Saturday purple because that’s ice cream day?”

“Absolutely.”

That evening, I cooked pasta from scratch instead of reheating leftovers.

Grace grated cheese while telling me about a class project involving a miniature town.

She said her town would have a library, a bakery, and a place where kids could ask questions without getting in trouble.