The Best Words

What’s more important to a writer than words?

My daughter is now 31 weeks old. Last week, she started saying, “Mama”. Of course, I was a bit hesitant to believe it wasn’t just a coincidence, an attempt to develop her use of consonants and vowels. Then, I noticed she was saying it to get my attention when I was across the room. I’m pretty sure every parent hopes their child’s first word will be their name. I didn’t get to see her first time rolling over, so I was super happy to be her first wor...