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13 Going on 43

In which I can't seem to escape being an adult while Si desperately wishes he was one...

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Of all the surprises this past month has rendered, discovering Silas had pilfered Cory’s Keurig coffee maker and set it up in his bedroom tops the list.

Somewhere mid-stream in the pandemic, he decided he no longer wanted us to tuck him in at bedtime. Cold turkey. After years (decades?) of the dreaded bedtime slog, I’d fallen into an easy rhythm with Si…

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